Method for streaming AAC+ audio in Python?

Question

I wish to play an AAC+ shoutcast stream in Python. I have tried with bass_aac, an extension to the Bass audio library which claims to be able to handle AAC+ unsuccessfully. I'm perfectly willing to write a binding to an external library if necessary. Suggestions?

Answer 1

Using GSTreamer via gst-python would be a good solution. GST can handle the whole audio pipeline from the HTTP streaming to speaker output.

I would suggest using gst-launch to get a feel of the API

gst-launch playbin2 uri=http://stream0.freshair.org.uk:3066/;

You can use souphttpsrc or other plugins to enable receiving metadata or more advanced output.

Note: The ; in the shoutcast URL forces a audio only stream without any metadata. This is useful to localise issues relating to shoutcast/icecast and not the more general audio streaming,