Pydub (WindowsError: [Error 2] The system can not find the file specified)

Question

I have a problem with Pydub module running in Windows and Linux. When I try open a mp3 file thus:

from pydub import AudioSegment
sound = AudioSegment.from_mp         


        

Answer 1

In newer versions of pydub, you can specify the absolute path to your ffmpeg executable by setting the class attribute converter, e.g.:

from pydub import AudioSegment
AudioSegment.converter = "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg"

In older versions the class attribute used to be ffmpeg, which is deprecated now.