playbin.props.uri ... AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'props'

[charltonh]

Using the --speak flag breaks the script even with all the requirements.
Not sure if this is a bug on linux or perhaps a simple python setup issue,
but after some time I haven't been able to fix it.
Anyone have any ideas?
(note the "Response content: b'{"detail":"Not Found"}' " in the beginning too)

(Auto-GPT) oberon /home/charlton/Auto-GPT [84]>run.sh --debug --speak
All packages are installed.
Debug Mode:  ENABLED
Speak Mode:  ENABLED
Welcome back!  Would you like Request failed with status code: 404
Response content: b'{"detail":"Not Found"}'
me to return to being PostmanAI?
Continue with the last settings?
Name:  PostmanAI
Role:  An AI designed to improve my linux mail server setup and filter spam more efficiently.
Goals: ['Engineer a spam-filtering solution that works with postfix and procmail, using AI or other modern tools available on linux.', 'Provide a configuration for my mutt mail client to be able to train spam vs ham messages']
Continue (y/n): Exception in thread Thread-1 (speak):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 953, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/home/charlton/Auto-GPT/autogpt/speech/say.py", line 36, in speak
    DEFAULT_VOICE_ENGINE.say(text)
  File "/home/charlton/Auto-GPT/autogpt/speech/base.py", line 33, in say
    return self._speech(text, voice_index)
  File "/home/charlton/Auto-GPT/autogpt/speech/gtts.py", line 19, in _speech
    playsound("speech.mp3", True)
  File "/home/charlton/Auto-GPT/lib/python3.10/site-packages/playsound.py", line 101, in _playsoundNix
    playbin.props.uri = 'file://' + pathname2url(os.path.abspath(sound))
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'props'

[charltonh]

This seems to be a common problem on linux with the python playsound.py module.
I was able to get around this by rewriting autogpt/speech/eleven_labs.py to this:

            # playsound("speech.mpeg", True)
            os.system('mpg123 -q speech.mpeg')

[taaha]

Did what you did

It gave this error
sh: 1: mpg123: not found

[charltonh]

Do a pip install mpg123 or otherwise install it on your system.

[taaha]

My fault. Did following command

sudo apt-get install mpg123

It started working. Thanks

[frozen905]

I am having the dreaded NoneType 'props' problem here as well, I found this thread after posting about it here: TaylorSMarks/playsound#142

However I am not looking for alternative solutions just yet, is this not fixable in playsound itself? I have scripts already relying on it's function and it would be nice to have this working since many others use it as well

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