#CMD:   pip install preferredsoundplayer

import time

import preferredsoundplayer

#sound file in same folder as this .py file, or use a path
# ,block=True    wait until the sound is finished.
print("ding.au playing")
preferredsoundplayer.soundplay("ding.au",block=True)      
print("cow.wav playing")
preferredsoundplayer.soundplay("cow.wav",block=True)
print("sample.mid playing")
preferredsoundplayer.soundplay("sample.mid",block=True)

print("\nbond007.mid starting. (it has a few seconds of silence)")
bond007 = preferredsoundplayer.soundplay("bond007.mid")
print("sleep for 007 seconds")
time.sleep(7)
print("woke up and stopped the music")
preferredsoundplayer.stopsound(bond007)
print("after the stopsound")

print("\nStarting continuous looping of the ding file")
backgroundDing = preferredsoundplayer.loopwave("ding.au")
print("sleep for 3 seconds")
time.sleep(3)
print("Stopping the looping")
preferredsoundplayer.stoploop(backgroundDing)

'''
import playsound                #pip install playsound    As Administrator!  why? what difference?

playsound.playsound("cow.wav")    # ?? Now only plays first, then crahses???
playsound.playsound("ding.au")
playsound.playsound("sample.mid")    #MIDI
#playsound.playsound("bond007.mid")    #how to stop???

for i in range(5):
    playsound.playsound("ding.au")
for i in range(3):
    playsound.playsound("beep.au")
  
'''
#import os
#os.system("start cow.wav")   # Groove starts and plays the file