Audio working on jupyter notebook but not in script

Coding
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OS: Windows 11
Psychopy version: ‘2024.2.1’

Hi,

I am trying to play a sound through headphones (all works when using the default speakers).
While the code below works fine and the sound plays when executed in a jupyter notebook, it produces an error when executed from a script (see below).
The conda environment is the same, the code is the same.

Any idea what could be the problem?

I have already resampled the sound to match the headphones sampling rate (and again the code works in jupyter notebook).

Thanks

Federica

from psychopy import prefs

prefs.hardware['audioLib'] = 'ptb'
prefs.hardware['audioDevice'] = 'Headphones (WH-CH710N)'

from psychopy import sound

mysound = sound.Sound("C:/Users/EEG/Downloads/scream_48kHz.wav", volume=0.1, loops=-1)
mysound.play()

Error when launching from script

PTB-ERROR: Failed to open audio device 7. PortAudio reports this error: Invalid device
PTB-ERROR: Desired audio parameters likely unsupported by audio device.
PTB-ERROR: This could be, e.g., due to an unsupported combination of audio sample rate, audio channel count/allocation, or audio sample format.
Error in function Open: Usage error
Failed to open PortAudio audio device due to unsupported combination of audio parameters.
PsychPortAudio:Open: Usage:

pahandle = PsychPortAudio(‘Open’ [, deviceid][, mode][, reqlatencyclass][, freq][, channels][, buffersize][, suggestedLatency][, selectchannels][, specialFlags=0]);
PTB-ERROR: Failed to open audio device -1. PortAudio reports this error: Invalid device
PTB-ERROR: Desired audio parameters likely unsupported by audio device.
PTB-ERROR: This could be, e.g., due to an unsupported combination of audio sample rate, audio channel count/allocation, or audio sample format.
Error in function Open: Usage error
Failed to open PortAudio audio device due to unsupported combination of audio parameters.
PsychPortAudio:Open: Usage:

pahandle = PsychPortAudio(‘Open’ [, deviceid][, mode][, reqlatencyclass][, freq][, channels][, buffersize][, suggestedLatency][, selectchannels][, specialFlags=0]);
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 228, in init
audio.Stream.init(self, device_id=deviceID, mode=mode+8,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychtoolbox\audio.py”, line 97, in init
self.handle = PsychPortAudio(‘Open’, device_id, mode,
Exception: Failed to open PortAudio audio device due to unsupported combination of audio parameters.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\EEG\Desktop\heart_n_breathing\test_sound.py”, line 8, in
mysound = sound.Sound(“C:/Users/EEG/Downloads/scream_48kHz.wav”, volume=0.1)
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 334, in init
self.setSound(value, secs=self.secs, octave=self.octave,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 423, in setSound
_SoundBase.setSound(self, value, secs, octave, hamming, log)
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound_base.py”, line 209, in setSound
self._setSndFromFile(p)
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 459, in _setSndFromFile
self._setSndFromArray(sndArr)
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 497, in _setSndFromArray
self.track = audio.Slave(self.stream.handle, data=self.sndArr,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 609, in stream
label, s = streams.getStream(sampleRate=self.sampleRate,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 141, in getStream
return self._getStream(sampleRate,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 188, in _getStream
self[label] = _MasterStream(sampleRate, channels, blockSize,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\backend_ptb.py”, line 249, in init
audio.Stream.init(self, mode=mode+8,
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychtoolbox\audio.py”, line 97, in init
self.handle = PsychPortAudio(‘Open’, device_id, mode,
Exception: Failed to open PortAudio audio device due to unsupported combination of audio parameters.
Exception ignored in: <function Stream.del at 0x000001D1A9DE7EB0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychtoolbox\audio.py”, line 236, in del
self.close()
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychtoolbox\audio.py”, line 146, in close
raise err
File “C:\Users\EEG\miniconda3\envs\mne_lsl\lib\site-packages\psychtoolbox\audio.py”, line 139, in close
PsychPortAudio(‘Close’, self.handle)
AttributeError: ‘_MasterStream’ object has no attribute ‘handle’

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After further testing, it seems like the problem disappears when connecting the headset to the laptop via cable, as opposed to connecting via Bluetooth, (even when executing the code from a script).
I would still prefer to use it wirelessly, so I would appreciate any insights you might have on the issue above.

Thank you,

Federica