Musepack

Musepack audio streams with APEv2 tags.

Musepack is an audio format originally based on the MPEG-1 Layer-2 algorithms. Stream versions 4 through 7 are supported.

For more information, see http://www.musepack.net/.

class mutagen.musepack.Musepack(filething)

Bases: APEv2File

Parameters:

filething (filething) –

info
Type:

MusepackInfo

static score(filename, fileobj, header)

Returns a score for how likely the file can be parsed by this type.

Parameters:
  • filename (fspath) – a file path

  • fileobj (fileobj) – a file object open in rb mode. Position is undefined

  • header (bytes) – data of undefined length, starts with the start of the file.

Returns:

negative if definitely not a matching type, otherwise a score,

the bigger the more certain that the file can be loaded.

Return type:

int

class mutagen.musepack.MusepackInfo

Bases: StreamInfo

Musepack stream information.

channels

number of audio channels

Type:

int

length

file length in seconds, as a float

Type:

float

sample_rate

audio sampling rate in Hz

Type:

int

bitrate

audio bitrate, in bits per second

Type:

int

version
Type:

int

Optional Attributes:

title_gain

Replay Gain for this song

Type:

float

title_peak

Peak data for this song

Type:

float

album_gain

Replay Gain for this album

Type:

float

album_peak

Peak data for this album

Type:

float

These attributes are only available in stream version 7/8. The gains are a float, +/- some dB. The peaks are a percentage [0..1] of the maximum amplitude. This means to get a number comparable to VorbisGain, you must multiply the peak by 2.

pprint()
Returns:

Print stream information

Return type:

text