Re: [FFmpeg-user] Advice on using silence removal

2021-09-18 Thread Alex R
Hi everyone, Thank you for providing valuable feedback about silence removal last month. For the benefit of future archaeologists, I summarize the steps I've taken and the key elements of the solution. Note that while this worked for me, I do not claim that this is the optimal approach. - As Carl

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Advice on using silence removal

2021-08-21 Thread Paul B Mahol
On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 9:47 AM Alex R wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am attempting to leverage ffmpeg in a project that involves recording > short audio clips. So far I have gotten some mixed results and I'd like to > tap into your collective knowledge to ensure my approach is sound. > > Context: >

Re: [FFmpeg-user] Advice on using silence removal

2021-08-21 Thread Carl Zwanzig
What you'd doing is a "noise gate" function. A few ideas- Use either the mean volume or 3-6db below the max as the threshold. A more complicated version would be to examine the level at maybe half-second intervals and use that to determine the levels of the background and spoken parts of the c

[FFmpeg-user] Advice on using silence removal

2021-08-20 Thread Alex R
Hi everyone, I am attempting to leverage ffmpeg in a project that involves recording short audio clips. So far I have gotten some mixed results and I'd like to tap into your collective knowledge to ensure my approach is sound. Context: - a person records an audio clip of themselves pronouncing a