How to stop a sound that is playing in Python?

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So I have code that looks like this: ``` import winsound from msvcrt import getch sound_path = "Path to sound" while True: key= ord(getch()) if key == 27: break if key == 113: #theq key winsound.PlaySound(sound_path, winsound.SND_FILENAME) ``` So right now if I press the 'q' key, it plays the corresponding sound like it should. However if I keep pressing the 'q' key before the current sound is done playing, it will play after the current sound is finished. How would I have it so upon pressing the 'q' button, it would stop the current noise and play the next one?

Accepted Answer

Edit: Having looked further into it (Win7, Python3.6.1), Eswcvlads answer is the way to go. When using the `winsound.SND_ASYNC` flag, you can immediately play another sound and the currently playing sound stops.

```
winsound.PlaySound(r'D:\seven_11.wav', winsound.SND_ASYNC)
```

-> plays seven_11

```
winsound.PlaySound(r'D:\seven_12.wav', winsound.SND_ASYNC)
```

-> seven_11 stops and seven_12 starts playing

However, to stop all playback, my original approach is still valid:

```
winsound.PlaySound(None, winsound.SND_PURGE)
```

From the docs:

`winsound.PlaySound(sound, flags)` ... If the sound parameter is `None`, any currently playing waveform sound is stopped.

So including that before calling PlaySound for the next one should stop the playback before starting the next.

How to stop a sound that is playing in Python?

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