Hello! On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 16:02 +0300, Lari Hotari wrote: > I'd like to listen to podcasts using faster playback (45%). > > I have tested processing podcasts using soundtouch/soundstretch and it > seems to be a usefull feature to be able to speed up playback without > changing the pitch. This process is generally called "time stretching" > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_timescale-pitch_modification). > > Currently I'm processing the audio files downloaded by gpodder before > transfering them to my ipod. > > This is the script I have for speeding up a single mp3 file by 45%. > > #!/bin/bash > mp3-decoder --wav "$1.wav" "$1" > soundstretch "$1.wav" "$1.fast.wav" -tempo=+45 > lame --preset fast medium "$1.fast.wav" "$1.2.mp3" > id3cp "$1" "$1.2.mp3" > rm "$1.wav" "$1.fast.wav" > mv "$1" "$1.bak" > mv "$1.2.mp3" "$1" > > Would it be possible to implement the playback speed up (time > stretching) directly in gpodder using the soundtouch library > (http://www.surina.net/soundtouch/)? Alternatively there could be a > general script hook for processing the downloaded mp3 files.
It would be nice if you could post instructions and a description on the gPodder wiki for other people that might like to do time stretching with their podcasts. The wiki: http://wiki.gpodder.org/. Just create a "Time stretching" page and link it from the start page (in the "Users guide" section). Thanks, Thomas _______________________________________________ gpodder-devel mailing list gpodder-devel@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel
