Exception in thread Thread-13 (play):

[1Krosx1]

Exception in thread Thread-13 (play):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\User\anaconda\Lib\threading.py", line 1075, in _bootstrap_inner
self.run()
File "C:\Users\User\anaconda\Lib\threading.py", line 1012, in run
self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
File "C:\Users\User\Downloads\RealtimeTTS-0.4.40\RealtimeTTS-0.4.40\RealtimeTTS\text_to_stream.py", line 380, in play
self.player.start()
File "C:\Users\User\Downloads\RealtimeTTS-0.4.40\RealtimeTTS-0.4.40\RealtimeTTS\stream_player.py", line 552, in start
self.audio_stream.open_stream()
File "C:\Users\User\Downloads\RealtimeTTS-0.4.40\RealtimeTTS-0.4.40\RealtimeTTS\stream_player.py", line 184, in open_stream
raise ValueError(message)
ValueError: mpv not found, necessary to stream audio. On mac you can install it with 'brew install mpv'. On linux and windows you can install it from https://mpv.io/

[KoljaB]

Please install MPV player to real-time playback MP3 chunks returned by ElevenlabsEngine and EdgeEngine.

[1Krosx1]

Hello @KoljaB

I am confuse what to download from the webpage you provided, I am trying to implement both TTS and STT can you pinpoint what mpv from the picture do i need to download?, btw thank you for this repository...highly appreciated....

[KoljaB]

Probably easiest way to get MPV installed:

1. Install Chocolatey
   Go to Chocolatey’s install page and follow the instructions.

2. Install MPV
   Open PowerShell as admin and run this command:

   choco install mpv

3. Check Your PATH
   Make sure MPV is in your PATH, so you can call it from the terminal.

4. Test the Setup
   Run this in your terminal:

   mpv --version

   If everything’s good, you’ll see the MPV version along with details about the FFmpeg libraries.

[1Krosx1]

thanks @KoljaB but i am struggling where to put the elevenlabs api key i put it in the string but the error keeps on showing api is misssing, where is the api should put? thank you...

[KoljaB]

You’ve got two options for passing the API key to the engine:

1. Pass it directly as the api_key parameter:

   if __name__ == "__main__":
       from RealtimeTTS import TextToAudioStream, ElevenlabsEngine
       def dummy_generator():
           yield "This is a synthesis test."
   
       engine = ElevenlabsEngine(api_key="<YOUR_ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>")
       stream = TextToAudioStream(engine)
       stream.feed(dummy_generator()).play(log_synthesized_text=True)

2. Set it as ELEVENLABS_API_KEY environment variable. This way, the key stays stored and you don’t have to hardcode it into your script every time.