There are plenty of ways to play audio files with Python. It really depends on your application, but the easiest way, by far, is to use the bindings for VLC to control VLC with Python, and play your files. With VLC, you don’t need to worry about codecs and file support. It also doesn’t require too many complicated methods, and/or objects. So, for simple audio playback, VLC is best.
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