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whipper-gui/whipper/program/sox.py
JoeLametta b6fb7e8a86 Solve all flake8 warnings (#163)
Whipper is now fully PEP8 compliant.
Revised version which includes all the changes suggested by Freso.
2017-05-31 23:09:36 +02:00

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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", "stat"], stderr=PIPE)
out, err = sox.communicate()
if sox.returncode:
logger.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])