SonicSlicer 🎵✂️

A powerful, well-optimized Python toolkit for splitting and trimming audio files with precision and ease.

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Features

• Smart Audio Splitting: Split audio files by time duration or file size
• Precision Trimming: Trim audio from start/end or specific time ranges
• Multi-format Support: Works with WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, and AIFF formats
• Optimized Processing: Efficient memory usage and fast processing
• Flexible Output: Customizable output format and bitrate settings
• Automatic Naming: Sequential output filenames with proper numbering

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Installation

1. Install dependencies:

   pip install pydub
   

2. Install SonicSlicer:

   pip install sonicslicer
   

   Or clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/skye-cyber/SonicSlicer.git
   cd sonicslicer
   

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Usage Examples

Splitting Audio Files

By Size:

• Split into 1mb chunks

slicer file.mp3 --split --size 1mb

• Split into 100kb chunks, discard small last chunk

slicer file.mp3 --split --size 100kb --strict -O splits

• Single split 5 minutes chunks

slicer file.mp3 --split --duration 1min

By File Time:

• Single split 5 minutes chunks

slicer file.mp3 --split --duration 5min --format ogg

• Split into 10 seconds chunks, keep smaller last chunk

slicer file.mp3 --split --duration 10sec --strict -O splits

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Trimming Audio Files

• Trims from 0 to end

slicer file.mp3 --trim

• Discards the first 10 seconds

slicer fime.mp3 --trim --trim_start 10sec

• Discards the last 1 minutes

slicer fime.mp3 --trim --trim_end 1min

• Discards the first 10 and last seconds respectively

slicer fime.mp3 --trim --trim_start 10sec --trim_end 30sec

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Constructor

SonicSlicer(output_format="wav", bitrate="192k")

• output_format: Output audio format (wav, mp3, ogg, flac, aiff)
• bitrate: Bitrate for compressed formats

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Performance Tips

1. Use WAV for processing: Process in WAV format then convert to compressed formats
2. Batch processing: Process multiple files in sequence
3. Memory management: For very large files, consider smaller chunk sizes
4. Output directory: Use SSDs for faster write speeds when processing large files

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Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details.

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

See the LICENSE file for more details. See the LICENSE file for details.

Support

If you have any questions or issues:

1. Check the documentation
2. Search existing issues
3. Create a new issue with detailed information

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history and changes.

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