Pygame Sound Keeps Repeating

I am trying to play a sound at the end of a game when there is a lose. Previously this code below worked with Python 3.5 but it would abort after it played the sound. I upgraded to

Solution 1:

while True is an endless loop:

while True:
   sound1.play(0)

The sound will be played continuously.

Use get_length() to get the length of the sound in seconds. And wait till the sound has end:
(The argument to pygame.time.wait() is in milliseconds)

import pygame

pygame.mixer.init()
my_sound = pygame.mixer.Sound('womp.wav')
my_sound.play(0)
pygame.time.wait(int(my_sound.get_length() * 1000))

Alternatively you can test if any sound is being mixed by pygame.mixer.get_busy(). Run a loop as long a sound is mixed:

import pygame

pygame.init()
pygame.mixer.init()
my_sound = pygame.mixer.Sound('womp.wav')
my_sound.play(0)
    
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
while pygame.mixer.get_busy():
    clock.tick(10)
    pygame.event.poll()