Segmentation fault on macOS Python 3.12

[pavpanchekha]

I'm using Python 3.12.3 (installed through Homebrew) on macOS 14.5 and seem to be getting a segmentation fault when trying to import playsound:

$ python3.12 --version
Python 3.12.3
$ python3.12 -m playsound
segmentation fault: 11

The same doesn't happen on Python 3.11:

$ python3.11 --version
Python 3.11.9
$ python3.11 -m playsound
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
IndexError: list index out of range

I am using playsound version 1.3.0, installed via pip, for both Python versions. The stack trace is kinda long but in case it's useful here it is:

Click this text to see the full stack trace

Thread 0 Crashed::  Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   Python                        	       0x1013b6be8 PyObject_CallOneArg + 68
1   Python                        	       0x1014ca5dc _PyErr_CreateException + 68
2   Python                        	       0x1014ca84c _PyErr_SetObject + 128
3   Python                        	       0x1014cc3fc PyErr_Format + 104
4   _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e4d6d8 class_getattro + 1084
5   Python                        	       0x10140c668 PyObject_GetAttr + 68
6   Python                        	       0x10140c5a0 PyObject_GetAttrString + 88
7   _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e4ddd0 class_setattro + 72
8   Python                        	       0x10140ca84 PyObject_SetAttr + 124
9   Python                        	       0x10140c970 PyObject_SetAttrString + 144
10  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e4cdf4 PyObjCClass_New + 960
11  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e4cb50 PyObjCClass_New + 284
12  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e4cb50 PyObjCClass_New + 284
13  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e4cb50 PyObjCClass_New + 284
14  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e67d18 PyObjC_RegisterMethodMapping + 72
15  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e0b538 PyObjC_setup_nsdecimal + 236
16  _objc.cpython-312-darwin.so   	       0x100e491d8 PyInit__objc + 368
17  Python                        	       0x1014e2540 _PyImport_LoadDynamicModuleWithSpec + 524
18  Python                        	       0x1014e1944 _imp_create_dynamic + 168
19  Python                        	       0x1014070a8 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL + 96
20  Python                        	       0x1014ac3c0 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 50548
21  Python                        	       0x1013b7e30 object_vacall + 212
22  Python                        	       0x1013b7d10 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs + 104
23  Python                        	       0x1014df160 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1084
24  Python                        	       0x10149add8 builtin___import__ + 172
25  Python                        	       0x1014071b0 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL_KEYWORDS + 92
26  Python                        	       0x1014ac3c0 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 50548
27  Python                        	       0x1013b7e30 object_vacall + 212
28  Python                        	       0x1013b7d10 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs + 104
29  Python                        	       0x1014df080 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 860
30  Python                        	       0x1014a7fa4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 33112
31  Python                        	       0x10149fbdc PyEval_EvalCode + 184
32  Python                        	       0x10149c47c builtin_exec + 416
33  Python                        	       0x1014071b0 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL_KEYWORDS + 92
34  Python                        	       0x1014ac3c0 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 50548
35  Python                        	       0x1013b7e30 object_vacall + 212
36  Python                        	       0x1013b7d10 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs + 104
37  Python                        	       0x1014df160 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1084
38  Python                        	       0x1014a7fa4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 33112
39  Python                        	       0x10149fbdc PyEval_EvalCode + 184
40  Python                        	       0x10149c47c builtin_exec + 416
41  Python                        	       0x1014071b0 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL_KEYWORDS + 92
42  Python                        	       0x1014ac3c0 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 50548
43  Python                        	       0x1013b7e30 object_vacall + 212
44  Python                        	       0x1013b7d10 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs + 104
45  Python                        	       0x1014df160 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1084
46  Python                        	       0x1014a7fa4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 33112
47  Python                        	       0x10149fbdc PyEval_EvalCode + 184
48  Python                        	       0x10149c47c builtin_exec + 416
49  Python                        	       0x1014071b0 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL_KEYWORDS + 92
50  Python                        	       0x1014ac3c0 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 50548
51  Python                        	       0x1013b7e30 object_vacall + 212
52  Python                        	       0x1013b7d10 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs + 104
53  Python                        	       0x1014df160 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1084
54  Python                        	       0x1014a7fa4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 33112
55  Python                        	       0x10149fbdc PyEval_EvalCode + 184
56  Python                        	       0x10149c47c builtin_exec + 416
57  Python                        	       0x1014071b0 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL_KEYWORDS + 92
58  Python                        	       0x1014ac3c0 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 50548
59  Python                        	       0x1013b7e30 object_vacall + 212
60  Python                        	       0x1013b7d10 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs + 104
61  Python                        	       0x1014df160 PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject + 1084
62  Python                        	       0x1014a7fa4 _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 33112
63  Python                        	       0x10149fbdc PyEval_EvalCode + 184
64  Python                        	       0x10149c47c builtin_exec + 416
65  Python                        	       0x1014071b0 cfunction_vectorcall_FASTCALL_KEYWORDS + 92
66  Python                        	       0x1014aa80c _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault + 43456
67  Python                        	       0x1015218b0 pymain_run_module + 200
68  Python                        	       0x1015212c8 Py_RunMain + 720
69  Python                        	       0x1015214b0 Py_BytesMain + 40
70  dyld                          	       0x1847aa0e0 start + 2360

I can try to debug more using the Python GDB scripts if it's helpful or not a known bug.

[jowodo]

have you tried downgrading to pip install playsound==1.2.2?

[pavpanchekha]

Downgrading to playsound 1.2.2 seems to work:

$ python3.12 --version   
Python 3.12.7
$ python3.12 -m playsound
$

The lack of an output means it didn't segfault.

[jowodo]

Unfortunately, I couldn't get playsound running on my macos 14.05 because AppKit is not found.
The current implementation assumes python2.7. Installing PyObjC might work. I'll test later ...