“No Backend Error” while reading files in Python

Question

I am trying to perform STFT on a bunch of sound files and I get this error. The path of the files which I am trying to perform STFT is correct but still, I get this error.

Answer 1

Make sure that your .wav file is not corrupted. Can you open the file with an audio file reader (which can read wav files)? If not, your file is corrupted. If you downloaded the audio files from an opensource dataset, it is possible that they are corrupted while you are manually unzipping the folder. I'd recommend you download the dataset again and unzip it with a command-line tool.