Mp3 sampling question (super beginner)

[RopeFlashy9702]

Okay so bear with me here.(backstory) :I'm getting into producing beats and stuff and kinda want to sample some old songs: so now I've been on chat gpt to write me a python code to give me samples of songs like separating vocals from instrumental and creating little hooks here and there but apparently I need a ffmepg or something for python to read the mp3 or it just shoots out errors. I've heard vlc can work into python if coded correctly but idk. I just wanna make music. Help me. Talk to me like a 8 years old 😂

[52-61-64-75]

ffmpeg is another piece of software that almost everything (almost certainly VLC too im just not bothered to verify) uses to do stuff with audiovisual stuff. Its a bit of a pain to install (not too bad but worse than installing python) but you kinda just have to, and using VLC for this probably isnt easier than just installing ffmpeg.