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whipper-gui/morituri/program/sox.py
Samantha Baldwin 8721ba1caf standardise program/sox.py formatting, add test case, docstring (#53)
* standardise program/sox.py formatting, add test case
* add program/sox.peak_level() docstring
* update .travis.yml to include sox as a test dependency
* move sox from test dependency to normal dependency
* update README to mention sox, remove small autoconf mention
* use .splitlines() instead of .split('n')
2016-10-21 23:54:13 +02:00

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import logging
import os
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
SOX = 'sox'
def peak_level(track_path):
"""
Accepts a path to a sox-decodable audio file.
Returns track peak level from sox ('maximum amplitude') as a float.
Returns None on error.
"""
if not os.path.exists(track_path):
logging.warning("SoX peak detection failed: file not found")
return None
sox = Popen([SOX, track_path, "-n", "stat"], stderr=PIPE)
out, err = sox.communicate()
if sox.returncode:
logging.warning("SoX peak detection failed: " + str(sox.returncode))
return None
# relevant captured line looks like:
# Maximum amplitude: 0.123456
return float(err.splitlines()[3].split()[2])