OSError: sndfile library not found

[TacoByte]

M1 Max Sonoma

nicecube@nicecubes-MacBook-Pro stable-audio-tools % python3 ./run_gradio.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/soundfile.py", line 142, in <module>
    raise OSError('sndfile library not found')
OSError: sndfile library not found

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/nicecube/stable-audio-tools/./run_gradio.py", line 2, in <module>
    from stable_audio_tools.interface.gradio import create_ui
  File "/Users/nicecube/stable-audio-tools/stable_audio_tools/interface/gradio.py", line 10, in <module>
    from aeiou.viz import audio_spectrogram_image
  File "/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/aeiou/viz.py", line 26, in <module>
    from librosa import power_to_db
  File "/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/librosa/__init__.py", line 209, in <module>
    from . import core
  File "/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/librosa/core/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .audio import *  # pylint: disable=wildcard-import
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/librosa/core/audio.py", line 8, in <module>
    import soundfile as sf
  File "/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/soundfile.py", line 162, in <module>
    _snd = _ffi.dlopen(_os.path.join(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: cannot load library '/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/_soundfile_data/libsndfile.dylib': dlopen(/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/_soundfile_data/libsndfile.dylib, 0x0002): tried: '/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/_soundfile_data/libsndfile.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/_soundfile_data/libsndfile.dylib' (no such file), '/Users/nicecube/Library/Python/3.11/lib/python/site-packages/_soundfile_data/libsndfile.dylib' (no such file)

[hushaudio]

Hi Tacobyte.

First, you should really error dump into chatgpt instead of GitHub. You should also read the error even tho I know it’s always painful.

The problem is you need to install libsndfile, which the error says python can’t find (I think you use brew to install it on Mac) -> detailed helpful instructions can be found here (it’s free): chatgpt.com

Just copy and paste the error into chatgpt and talk to it, it’ll guide you through the install process. Less wait time than GitHub. You got this. Enjoy!

[hushaudio]

If you just want to check out stable audio open and don’t want to deal with the python stuff, you can also use this free vst plugin and model engine I created at Audialab:

https://audialab.com/products/deep-sampler-2