Sound Operators

bpy.ops.sound.bake_animation()

Update the audio animation cache

bpy.ops.sound.mixdown(*, filepath='', check_existing=True, filter_blender=False, filter_backup=False, filter_image=False, filter_movie=False, filter_python=False, filter_font=False, filter_sound=True, filter_text=False, filter_archive=False, filter_btx=False, filter_collada=False, filter_alembic=False, filter_usd=False, filter_obj=False, filter_volume=False, filter_folder=True, filter_blenlib=False, filemode=9, relative_path=True, display_type='DEFAULT', sort_method='', accuracy=1024, container='FLAC', codec='FLAC', channels='STEREO', format='S16', mixrate=48000, bitrate=192, split_channels=False)

Mix the scene’s audio to a sound file

Parameters:

• filepath (string, (optional, never None)) – File Path, Path to file

• check_existing (boolean, (optional)) – Check Existing, Check and warn on overwriting existing files

• filter_blender (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files

• filter_backup (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files

• filter_image (boolean, (optional)) – Filter image files

• filter_movie (boolean, (optional)) – Filter movie files

• filter_python (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Python files

• filter_font (boolean, (optional)) – Filter font files

• filter_sound (boolean, (optional)) – Filter sound files

• filter_text (boolean, (optional)) – Filter text files

• filter_archive (boolean, (optional)) – Filter archive files

• filter_btx (boolean, (optional)) – Filter btx files

• filter_collada (boolean, (optional)) – Filter COLLADA files

• filter_alembic (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Alembic files

• filter_usd (boolean, (optional)) – Filter USD files

• filter_obj (boolean, (optional)) – Filter OBJ files

• filter_volume (boolean, (optional)) – Filter OpenVDB volume files

• filter_folder (boolean, (optional)) – Filter folders

• filter_blenlib (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Blender IDs

• filemode (int in [1, 9], (optional)) – File Browser Mode, The setting for the file browser mode to load a .blend file, a library or a special file

• relative_path (boolean, (optional)) – Relative Path, Select the file relative to the blend file

• display_type (enum in ['DEFAULT', 'LIST_VERTICAL', 'LIST_HORIZONTAL', 'THUMBNAIL'], (optional)) –

  Display Type

  • DEFAULT Default – Automatically determine display type for files.

  • LIST_VERTICAL Short List – Display files as short list.

  • LIST_HORIZONTAL Long List – Display files as a detailed list.

  • THUMBNAIL Thumbnails – Display files as thumbnails.

• sort_method (enum in [], (optional)) – File sorting mode

• accuracy (int in [1, inf], (optional)) – Accuracy, Sample accuracy, important for animation data (the lower the value, the more accurate)

• container (enum in ['AC3', 'FLAC', 'MATROSKA', 'MP2', 'MP3', 'OGG', 'WAV'], (optional)) –

  Container, File format

  • AC3 AC3 – Dolby Digital ATRAC 3.

  • FLAC FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec.

  • MATROSKA MKV – Matroska.

  • MP2 MP2 – MPEG-1 Audio Layer II.

  • MP3 MP3 – MPEG-2 Audio Layer III.

  • OGG OGG – Xiph.Org Ogg Container.

  • WAV WAV – Waveform Audio File Format.

• codec (enum in ['AAC', 'AC3', 'FLAC', 'MP2', 'MP3', 'PCM', 'VORBIS'], (optional)) –

  Codec, Audio Codec

  • AAC AAC – Advanced Audio Coding.

  • AC3 AC3 – Dolby Digital ATRAC 3.

  • FLAC FLAC – Free Lossless Audio Codec.

  • MP2 MP2 – MPEG-1 Audio Layer II.

  • MP3 MP3 – MPEG-2 Audio Layer III.

  • PCM PCM – Pulse Code Modulation (RAW).

  • VORBIS Vorbis – Xiph.Org Vorbis Codec.

• channels (enum in ['MONO', 'STEREO', 'STEREO_LFE', 'SURROUND4', 'SURROUND5', 'SURROUND51', 'SURROUND61', 'SURROUND71'], (optional)) –

  Channels, Audio channel count

  • MONO Mono – Single audio channel.

  • STEREO Stereo – Stereo audio channels.

  • STEREO_LFE Stereo LFE – Stereo with LFE channel.

  • SURROUND4 4 Channels – 4 channel surround sound.

  • SURROUND5 5 Channels – 5 channel surround sound.

  • SURROUND51 5.1 Surround – 5.1 surround sound.

  • SURROUND61 6.1 Surround – 6.1 surround sound.

  • SURROUND71 7.1 Surround – 7.1 surround sound.

• format (enum in ['U8', 'S16', 'S24', 'S32', 'F32', 'F64'], (optional)) –

  Format, Sample format

  • U8 U8 – 8-bit unsigned.

  • S16 S16 – 16-bit signed.

  • S24 S24 – 24-bit signed.

  • S32 S32 – 32-bit signed.

  • F32 F32 – 32-bit floating-point.

  • F64 F64 – 64-bit floating-point.

• mixrate (int in [8000, 192000], (optional)) – Sample Rate, Sample rate in samples/s

• bitrate (int in [32, 512], (optional)) – Bitrate, Bitrate in kbit/s

• split_channels (boolean, (optional)) – Split channels, Each channel will be rendered into a mono file

bpy.ops.sound.open(*, filepath='', hide_props_region=True, check_existing=False, filter_blender=False, filter_backup=False, filter_image=False, filter_movie=True, filter_python=False, filter_font=False, filter_sound=True, filter_text=False, filter_archive=False, filter_btx=False, filter_collada=False, filter_alembic=False, filter_usd=False, filter_obj=False, filter_volume=False, filter_folder=True, filter_blenlib=False, filemode=9, relative_path=True, show_multiview=False, use_multiview=False, display_type='DEFAULT', sort_method='', cache=False, mono=False)

Load a sound file

Parameters:

• filepath (string, (optional, never None)) – File Path, Path to file

• hide_props_region (boolean, (optional)) – Hide Operator Properties, Collapse the region displaying the operator settings

• check_existing (boolean, (optional)) – Check Existing, Check and warn on overwriting existing files

• filter_blender (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files

• filter_backup (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files

• filter_image (boolean, (optional)) – Filter image files

• filter_movie (boolean, (optional)) – Filter movie files

• filter_python (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Python files

• filter_font (boolean, (optional)) – Filter font files

• filter_sound (boolean, (optional)) – Filter sound files

• filter_text (boolean, (optional)) – Filter text files

• filter_archive (boolean, (optional)) – Filter archive files

• filter_btx (boolean, (optional)) – Filter btx files

• filter_collada (boolean, (optional)) – Filter COLLADA files

• filter_alembic (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Alembic files

• filter_usd (boolean, (optional)) – Filter USD files

• filter_obj (boolean, (optional)) – Filter OBJ files

• filter_volume (boolean, (optional)) – Filter OpenVDB volume files

• filter_folder (boolean, (optional)) – Filter folders

• filter_blenlib (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Blender IDs

• filemode (int in [1, 9], (optional)) – File Browser Mode, The setting for the file browser mode to load a .blend file, a library or a special file

• relative_path (boolean, (optional)) – Relative Path, Select the file relative to the blend file

• show_multiview (boolean, (optional)) – Enable Multi-View

• use_multiview (boolean, (optional)) – Use Multi-View

• display_type (enum in ['DEFAULT', 'LIST_VERTICAL', 'LIST_HORIZONTAL', 'THUMBNAIL'], (optional)) –

  Display Type

  • DEFAULT Default – Automatically determine display type for files.

  • LIST_VERTICAL Short List – Display files as short list.

  • LIST_HORIZONTAL Long List – Display files as a detailed list.

  • THUMBNAIL Thumbnails – Display files as thumbnails.

• sort_method (enum in [], (optional)) – File sorting mode

• cache (boolean, (optional)) – Cache, Cache the sound in memory

• mono (boolean, (optional)) – Mono, Merge all the sound’s channels into one

bpy.ops.sound.open_mono(*, filepath='', hide_props_region=True, check_existing=False, filter_blender=False, filter_backup=False, filter_image=False, filter_movie=True, filter_python=False, filter_font=False, filter_sound=True, filter_text=False, filter_archive=False, filter_btx=False, filter_collada=False, filter_alembic=False, filter_usd=False, filter_obj=False, filter_volume=False, filter_folder=True, filter_blenlib=False, filemode=9, relative_path=True, show_multiview=False, use_multiview=False, display_type='DEFAULT', sort_method='', cache=False, mono=True)

Load a sound file as mono

Parameters:

• filepath (string, (optional, never None)) – File Path, Path to file

• hide_props_region (boolean, (optional)) – Hide Operator Properties, Collapse the region displaying the operator settings

• check_existing (boolean, (optional)) – Check Existing, Check and warn on overwriting existing files

• filter_blender (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files

• filter_backup (boolean, (optional)) – Filter .blend files

• filter_image (boolean, (optional)) – Filter image files

• filter_movie (boolean, (optional)) – Filter movie files

• filter_python (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Python files

• filter_font (boolean, (optional)) – Filter font files

• filter_sound (boolean, (optional)) – Filter sound files

• filter_text (boolean, (optional)) – Filter text files

• filter_archive (boolean, (optional)) – Filter archive files

• filter_btx (boolean, (optional)) – Filter btx files

• filter_collada (boolean, (optional)) – Filter COLLADA files

• filter_alembic (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Alembic files

• filter_usd (boolean, (optional)) – Filter USD files

• filter_obj (boolean, (optional)) – Filter OBJ files

• filter_volume (boolean, (optional)) – Filter OpenVDB volume files

• filter_folder (boolean, (optional)) – Filter folders

• filter_blenlib (boolean, (optional)) – Filter Blender IDs

• filemode (int in [1, 9], (optional)) – File Browser Mode, The setting for the file browser mode to load a .blend file, a library or a special file

• relative_path (boolean, (optional)) – Relative Path, Select the file relative to the blend file

• show_multiview (boolean, (optional)) – Enable Multi-View

• use_multiview (boolean, (optional)) – Use Multi-View

• display_type (enum in ['DEFAULT', 'LIST_VERTICAL', 'LIST_HORIZONTAL', 'THUMBNAIL'], (optional)) –

  Display Type

  • DEFAULT Default – Automatically determine display type for files.

  • LIST_VERTICAL Short List – Display files as short list.

  • LIST_HORIZONTAL Long List – Display files as a detailed list.

  • THUMBNAIL Thumbnails – Display files as thumbnails.

• sort_method (enum in [], (optional)) – File sorting mode

• cache (boolean, (optional)) – Cache, Cache the sound in memory

• mono (boolean, (optional)) – Mono, Mixdown the sound to mono

bpy.ops.sound.pack()

Pack the sound into the current blend file

bpy.ops.sound.unpack(*, method='USE_LOCAL', id='')

Unpack the sound to the samples filename

Parameters:

• method (enum in Unpack Method Items, (optional)) – Method, How to unpack

• id (string, (optional, never None)) – Sound Name, Sound data-block name to unpack

bpy.ops.sound.update_animation_flags()

Update animation flags