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whipper-gui/whipper/program/sox.py
Samantha Baldwin 09de58852e Revert "Convert docstrings to reStructuredText"
This reverts commit 3b1bd242d0.
2018-03-02 16:47:12 -05:00

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Python

import os
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import logging
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
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):
logger.warning("SoX peak detection failed: file not found")
return None
sox = Popen([SOX, track_path, "-n", "stats", "-b", "16"], stderr=PIPE)
out, err = sox.communicate()
if sox.returncode:
logger.warning("SoX peak detection failed: " + str(sox.returncode))
return None
# relevant captured lines looks like this:
# Min level -26215
# Max level 26215
min_level = int(err.splitlines()[2].split()[2])
max_level = int(err.splitlines()[3].split()[2])
return max(abs(min_level), abs(max_level))