Using the script in this answer, silence at the beginning of the recording is not clipped.
I'm using python3.
As I've actually slightly tweaked the script, here's my copy: https://wtools.io/paste-code/b2tk
from sys import byteorder
from array import array
from struct import pack
import pyaudio
import wave
THRESHOLD = 500
CHUNK_SIZE = 1024
FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
RATE = 44100
def is_silent(snd_data):
"Returns 'True' if below the 'silent' threshold"
return max(snd_data) < THRESHOLD
def normalize(snd_data):
"Average the volume out"
MAXIMUM = 16384
times = float(MAXIMUM)/max(abs(i) for i in snd_data)
r = array('h')
for i in snd_data:
r.append(int(i*times))
return r
def trim(snd_data):
"Trim the blank spots at the start and end"
def _trim(snd_data):
snd_started = False
r = array('h')
for i in snd_data:
if not snd_started and abs(i) > THRESHOLD:
snd_started = True
r.append(i)
elif snd_started:
r.append(i)
return r
# Trim to the left
snd_data = _trim(snd_data)
# Trim to the right
snd_data.reverse()
snd_data = _trim(snd_data)
snd_data.reverse()
return snd_data
def add_silence(snd_data, seconds):
"Add silence to the start and end of 'snd_data' of length 'seconds' (float)"
silence = [0] * int(seconds * RATE)
r = array('h', silence)
r.extend(snd_data)
r.extend(silence)
return r
def record():
"""
Record a word or words from the microphone and
return the data as an array of signed shorts.
Normalizes the audio, trims silence from the
start and end, and pads with 0.5 seconds of
blank sound to make sure VLC et al can play
it without getting chopped off.
"""
p = pyaudio.PyAudio()
stream = p.open(format=FORMAT, channels=1, rate=RATE,
input=True, output=True,
frames_per_buffer=CHUNK_SIZE)
num_silent = 0
snd_started = False
r = array('h')
while 1:
# little endian, signed short
snd_data = array('h', stream.read(CHUNK_SIZE))
if byteorder == 'big':
snd_data.byteswap()
r.extend(snd_data)
silent = is_silent(snd_data)
if silent and snd_started:
num_silent += 1
elif not silent and not snd_started:
snd_started = True
if snd_started and num_silent > 300:
break
sample_width = p.get_sample_size(FORMAT)
stream.stop_stream()
stream.close()
p.terminate()
r = normalize(r)
r = trim(r)
r = add_silence(r, 0.5)
return sample_width, r
def record_to_file(path):
"Records from the microphone and outputs the resulting data to 'path'"
sample_width, data = record()
data = pack('<' + ('h'*len(data)), *data)
wf = wave.open(path, 'wb')
wf.setnchannels(1)
wf.setsampwidth(sample_width)
wf.setframerate(RATE)
wf.writeframes(data)
wf.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("please speak a word into the microphone")
record_to_file('demo.wav')
print("done - result written to demo.wav")
How can I adjust this script to clip the silence from the beginning of it?
