title: Pygame error loading a sound: Module format not recognised
body: <p>I've been having problems trying to load and play sounds in pygame. Most people seem to have trouble with MP3s but for some reason, I can't even get wavs to play. </p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; f=open('menuscreen.wav',"rb")
  &gt;&gt;&gt; pygame.mixer.init()
  &gt;&gt;&gt; pygame.mixer.music.load(f)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;fragment&gt;
  pygame.error: Module format not recognized
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and neither does this work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; k = pygame.mixer.Sound('menuscreen.wav')
  &gt;&gt;&gt; pygame.mixer.init()
  &gt;&gt;&gt; pygame.mixer.music.load(k)
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;fragment&gt;
  pygame.error: Couldn't read from RWops
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and neither does this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import pygame
  &gt;&gt;&gt; pygame.mixer.init()
  &gt;&gt;&gt; pygame.mixer.music.load('menuscreen.wav')
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;fragment&gt;
  pygame.error: Unable to load WAV file
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using 2.7.2 and pygame 1.9.1</p>