recording audio

mjj

Hi,

I am creating my first experiment in OpenSesame. Participants have to watch videoclips follewed by a question. They have to answer the questions verbally and I would like to record these verbal responses.

How do I record audio in OpenSesame? I tried to use the sound_start_recording and sound_stop_recording plugins. But it doesn't work. I get an error message. What do I have to do?

Thanks

Mariette

Error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\item_store.py", line 190, in new

  self.experiment.item_prefix()

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\plugins.py", line 447, in load_plugin

  item_module = import_plugin(plugin, _type=_type)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\plugins.py", line 413, in import_plugin

  return imp.load_source(plugin, path)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\lib\imp.py", line 171, in load_source

  module = _load(spec)

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 696, in _load

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\share\opensesame_plugins\sound_start_recording\sound_start_recording.py", line 20, in <module>

  from libqtopensesame import qtplugin

ImportError: cannot import name 'qtplugin' from 'libqtopensesame' (C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\__init__.py)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\widgets\tree_overview.py", line 820, in dropEvent

  self.drop_event_item_new(data, e)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\widgets\tree_overview.py", line 719, in drop_event_item_new

  item, new_items = self.drop_get_item_snippet(data)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\widgets\tree_overview.py", line 605, in drop_get_item_snippet

  catch_exceptions=False)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\misc\qtitem_store.py", line 118, in new

  allow_rename=allow_rename

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\item_store.py", line 195, in new

  exception=e

libopensesame.exceptions.osexception: 

Failed to load plugin 'sound_start_recording'

item-stack: 

time: Fri Jan 8 12:53:24 2021

exception type: ImportError

exception message: cannot import name 'qtplugin' from 'libqtopensesame' (C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\__init__.py)

Traceback:

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\item_store.py", line 190, in new

  self.experiment.item_prefix()

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\plugins.py", line 447, in load_plugin

  item_module = import_plugin(plugin, _type=_type)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libopensesame\plugins.py", line 413, in import_plugin

  return imp.load_source(plugin, path)

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\lib\imp.py", line 171, in load_source

  module = _load(spec)

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 696, in _load

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 677, in _load_unlocked

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 728, in exec_module

 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed

 File "C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\share\opensesame_plugins\sound_start_recording\sound_start_recording.py", line 20, in <module>

  from libqtopensesame import qtplugin

ImportError: cannot import name 'qtplugin' from 'libqtopensesame' (C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSesame\Lib\site-packages\libqtopensesame\__init__.py)

lvanderlinden

Perhaps @Daniel or @sebastiaan can be of help here?

sebastiaan

Hi @mjj ,

These plugins haven't been updated for a very long time, and they are no longer compatible with recent versions of OpenSesame. If you download OpenSesame 3.2.8, then the plugins should work. Or at least, you shouldn't run into this particular error anymore; the fact remains, of course, that the plugins are very old!

— Sebastiaan

mjj

Hi @sebastiaan,

Thank you for your reply. I understand that I shouldn't use these plugins. Then my question is:

How do I record audio in the most recent version of OpenSesame?

Thanks

Mariette

eduard

Hi Mariette,

If the plugins don't work, you can use python programming to record sound. There is quite a bit of info on how to record voices via microphone in this discussion here. I guess, when you say you want to record sound, you will use a microphone? If so, this discussion might be useful to you. It also has quite a few links to other discussion. try to get started with it and in case you run into problems post back here.

Good luck,

Eduard