{"id":370,"date":"2020-08-25T10:09:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T18:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roch.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T18:10:06","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roch.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1560px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" 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class=\"fusion-filter fusion-filter-all fusion-active\"><a role=\"menuitem\" data-filter=\"*\" href=\"#\">All<\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\" class=\"fusion-filter fusion-hidden\"><a role=\"menuitem\" data-filter=\".audio\" href=\"#\">Audio<\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\" class=\"fusion-filter fusion-hidden\"><a role=\"menuitem\" data-filter=\".python-graphics\" href=\"#\">Graphics<\/a><\/li><li role=\"presentation\" class=\"fusion-filter fusion-hidden\"><a role=\"menuitem\" data-filter=\".python\" href=\"#\">Python<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-faqs-wrapper\"><div class=\"accordian fusion-accordian\"><div class=\"panel-group \" id=\"accordian-1\"><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-faq-post fusion-faq-post-376 python-graphics \"><span class=\"entry-title rich-snippet-hidden\">My Matplotlib plots are not showing up.<\/span><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roch.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/author\/mrochadmin\/\" rel=\"author\">mrochadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2020-08-25T11:27:35-08:00<\/span><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 id=\"faq_1-376\" class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordian-1\" data-target=\"#collapse-1-376\" href=\"#collapse-1-376\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-main\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-sub\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">My Matplotlib plots are not showing up.<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"collapse-1-376\" aria-labelledby=\"faq_1-376\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content post-content\"><p>Assuming you imported matplotlib.pyplot as plt, try plt.ion() at the start of your code.\u00a0 This enables interactive plotting.\u00a0 If this does not work, you may need to change your backend, See the matplotlib FAQ for <a href=\"https:\/\/matplotlib.org\/faq\/usage_faq.html#what-is-a-backend\">details<\/a> on this question.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-faq-post fusion-faq-post-380 audio \"><span class=\"entry-title rich-snippet-hidden\">How can I record or playback audio in Python?<\/span><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roch.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/author\/mrochadmin\/\" rel=\"author\">mrochadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2020-08-25T11:27:21-08:00<\/span><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 id=\"faq_1-380\" class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordian-1\" data-target=\"#collapse-1-380\" href=\"#collapse-1-380\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-main\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-sub\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">How can I record or playback audio in Python?<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"collapse-1-380\" aria-labelledby=\"faq_1-380\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content post-content\"><p>There are a couple of Python modules that will let you do this, I would suggest using sounddevice.\u00a0 It can be installed with pip or conda:\u00a0 python-sounddevice as is built on top of the platform independent PortIO package.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/python-sounddevice.readthedocs.io\/\">documentation<\/a> has lots of examples, ranging from very simple to sophisticated.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-faq-post fusion-faq-post-382 audio \"><span class=\"entry-title rich-snippet-hidden\">How can I read an audio file in Python?<\/span><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roch.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/author\/mrochadmin\/\" rel=\"author\">mrochadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2020-08-25T11:27:11-08:00<\/span><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 id=\"faq_1-382\" class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordian-1\" data-target=\"#collapse-1-382\" href=\"#collapse-1-382\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-main\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-sub\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">How can I read an audio file in Python?<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"collapse-1-382\" aria-labelledby=\"faq_1-382\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content post-content\"><p>The soundfile module is a Python interface to an established cross-platform open source library, libsndfile, that can read a variety of different audio file formats.\u00a0 Install pysoundfile with pip or anaconda, and see the <a href=\"https:\/\/pysoundfile.readthedocs.io\/\">documentation<\/a> for examples.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-panel panel-default fusion-faq-post fusion-faq-post-374 python-graphics \"><span class=\"entry-title rich-snippet-hidden\">How can I have PyCharm display plots in a stand-alone window?<\/span><span class=\"vcard rich-snippet-hidden\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/roch.sdsu.edu\/index.php\/author\/mrochadmin\/\" rel=\"author\">mrochadmin<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated rich-snippet-hidden\">2020-08-25T11:27:47-08:00<\/span><div class=\"panel-heading\"><h4 id=\"faq_1-374\" class=\"panel-title toggle\"><a data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordian-1\" data-target=\"#collapse-1-374\" href=\"#collapse-1-374\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-main\"><div class=\"fusion-toggle-icon-wrapper-sub\"><i class=\"fa-fusion-box active-icon awb-icon-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><i class=\"fa-fusion-box inactive-icon awb-icon-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-toggle-heading\">How can I have PyCharm display plots in a stand-alone window?<\/div><\/a><\/h4><\/div><div id=\"collapse-1-374\" aria-labelledby=\"faq_1-374\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"><div class=\"panel-body toggle-content post-content\"><p>Go to File-&gt;Settings then select Python Scientific in the settings box.\u00a0 Uncheck &#8220;Show plots in tool 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