File "/root/miniconda3/lib/python3.11/wave.py", line 250, in initfp raise Error('file does not start with RIFF id') wave.Error: file does not start with RIFF id

[MonolithFoundation]

File "/root/miniconda3/lib/python3.11/wave.py", line 250, in initfp
raise Error('file does not start with RIFF id')
wave.Error: file does not start with RIFF id

[picnixz]

Could we have a better error report? what kind of file did you give to initfp?

[ZeroIntensity]

This error comes up when trying to call wave.open on a file that is not a wav file, so not a CPython issue. @MonolithFoundation, I would double check to make sure that your file is actually an audio file.