Using a switch, not push button, to play mp3s

Question

I'm trying to setup a switch on a breakout board which, upon flicking the switch, will allow me to play a short mp3, then loop a second mp3 until I switch it off. When I do so, I want it to play a third mp3 (this is basically a siren starting up looping then shutting down). I can play mp3s using a push button but don't know how to use the switch, any help?

This is the current python script I'm using

import pygame.mixer
import RPi.GPIO as GPIO
from time import sleep
from sys import exit

GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM)

GPIO.setup(23, GPIO.IN)
GPIO.setup(24, GPIO.IN)
GPIO.setup(25, GPIO.IN)

pygame.mixer.init(48000, -16, 1, 1024)

sndA = pygame.mixer.Sound("buzzer.wav")
sndB = pygame.mixer.Sound("clap.wav")
sndC = pygame.mixer.Sound("laugh.wav")

soundChannelA = pygame.mixer.Channel(1)
soundChannelB = pygame.mixer.Channel(2)
soundChannelC = pygame.mixer.Channel(3)

print "Soundboard Ready."

while True:
    try:
        if (GPIO.input(23) == True):
            soundChannelA.play(sndA)
        if (GPIO.input(24) == True):
            soundChannelB.play(sndB)
        if (GPIO.input(25) == True):
            soundChannelC.play(sndC)
        sleep(.01)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        exit()

Answer 1

I'm assuming the code you posted is for the push buttons?

Switches work very similar to push buttons. When you switch it on, voltage on your gpio port goes high until you switch it off. This is the same as if you were to hold a push button down for that same period of time. So lets modify this to your new requirements. You want:

1. On switch play sound a
2. Then loop sound b while switch is on
3. Finally play sound c

So try using this for your infinite loop:

while True:
    try:
        if (GPIO.input(23)):               #When switched high
            soundChannelA.queue(sndA)      #Play sound a
            while (GPIO.input(23))         #While switch remains high
                soundChannelA.queue(sndb)  #Play sound b
            soundChannelA.queue(sndc)      #Play sound c
        sleep(.01)
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        exit()

Keep in mind I haven't run this code, nor do I know anything about pygame.mixer so if the play function isn't blocking (doesn't wait for the sound to complete before continuing the program) its going to sound like a jumbled mess. To fix that you'll need to delay after each play call. If you do this however you wont detect switch changes until after each sound has completed.