Music loading but status() remains PLAYING = False on macOS

Scripting Issues
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Hello everyone,

I am developing a Python project on macOS. I am experiencing a critical issue where background music loads perfectly, detects its full duration, but refuses to actually play.

Here are the details and what I have verified so far:

· OS: macOS (CocoaGraphicsPipe)
· Panda3D version: 1.10.16
· The Symptom: When calling .play(), the audio remains silent and the state check returns False.

Verification output:

  • self.mainMenuMusic.length() returns 254.04 (The file path and structure are correct and found by the loader).
  • self.mainMenuMusic.status() == AudioSound.BAD returns False (The file is not corrupted).
  • self.mainMenuMusic.status() == AudioSound.PLAYING returns False.

What I have already tried without success:

  1. Using .mp3, .wav, and .ogg formats (ensuring they are Stereo 44100Hz).
  2. Forcing the OpenAL library via PRC data: loadPrcFileData("", "audio-library-name p3openal_audio")
  3. Setting the threshold to zero: loadPrcFileData("", "audio-preload-threshold 0")

Here is my code:

self.mainMenuMusic = self.loader.loadMusic(“Minecraft soundtrack/Minecraft.mp3”)
self.mainMenuMusic.setLoop(True)
self.mainMenuMusic.setVolume(2)
self.mainMenuMusic.play

Thanks.

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Are you checking the status() immediately after calling play(), or after some time?