Fast reading of all kind of audio files
Project description
The Python package audiofile handles all kind of audio files with a focus on reading speed.
It can read and request information on channels, duration, number of samples and sampling rate for all files that are supported by ffmpeg, sox, and mediainfo. In addition, it can write WAV, FLAC, and OGG files.
Have a look at the installation and usage instructions as a starting point.
Code example for reading a file:
import audiofile
signal, sampling_rate = audiofile.read('signal.wav')Under the hood it uses soundfile to read the audio files, converting non-supported formats first to WAV files. The same approach is applied when requesting duration for formats that need to be decoded to ensure that duration and number of samples match.
Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
Version 1.1.1 (2022-12-22)
Added: support for Python 3.11
Added: support for Python 3.10
Changed: split API documentation into sub-pages for each function
Removed: dependency on pysox
Version 1.1.0 (2022-04-14)
Changed: use ffmpeg or mediainfo if sox binary is missing instead of raising an error
Changed: improve FileNotFoundError message when ffmpeg or mediainfo are required, but not installed
Fixed: always raise RuntimeError for broken files or missing files
Fixed: mention expected FileNotFoundError when ffmpeg or mediainfo are required, but not installed
Fixed: use soundfile for converting WAV, FLAC, OGG files with audiofile.convert_to_wav()
Version 1.0.3 (2022-01-03)
Removed: Python 3.6 support
Version 1.0.2 (2021-12-06)
Fixed: raise RuntimeError for broken or empty non SND files
Version 1.0.1 (2021-10-28)
Fixed: audiofile.duration() returns now 0.0 for an empty WAV file with wrong file extension instead of None
Version 1.0.0 (2021-08-05)
Added: support for Python 3.9
Added: tests for Windows
Added: tests for macOS
Added: sloppy argument to audiofile.duration() for faster processing of non SND formats
Changed: audiofile.write() raises RuntimeError instead of SystemExit
Changed: added sloppy=True results when accessing metadata of MP3 and MP4 files in the benchmarks
Removed: deprecated precision argument from audiofile.write()
Version 0.4.3 (2021-07-30)
Fixed: make dtype keyword argument available in audiofile.read()
Version 0.4.2 (2021-04-26)
Fixed: allow for duration=0.0 in audiofile.read()
Version 0.4.1 (2020-12-17)
Added: bit_depth to usage section of documentation
Fixed: handling of file names that include ~ or .. by using audeer.safe_path
Version 0.4.0 (2020-11-26)
Added audiofile.bit_depth() which returns bit depth of WAV and FLAC files
Added: bit_depth argument to audiofile.write()
Deprecated: precision argument of audiofile.write(), use bit_depth instead
Version 0.3.4 (2020-10-29)
Fixed: several typos in the documentation
Version 0.3.3 (2020-10-29)
Added: more tests to increase code coverage to 100%
Added: link to benchmark page in README
Changed: tests now require 100% code coverage
Version 0.3.2 (2020-10-29)
Added: benchmark results page in docs
Fixed: multi-line release changelogs on Github
Fixed: copy-button for bash examples
Version 0.3.1 (2020-10-27)
Fixed: missing dependencies for publishing documentation
Version 0.3.0 (2020-10-27)
Changed: use audiofile.core structure under the hood
Changed: use Github Actions for tests
Changed: use Github Actions for automatic publishing
Changed: host documentation as Github pages
Removed: support for Python 2.7
Version 0.2.4 (2020-08-31)
Fixed: CHANGELOG format for PyPI server
Version 0.2.3 (2020-08-31)
Fixed: catch SoxiError in audiofile.read()
Fixed: test for more advanced audio files like OPUS, AMR, …
Version 0.2.2 (2019-10-04)
Changed: switch to keep a changelog format
Changed: define package in setup.cfg
Version 0.2.1 (2019-05-02)
Fixed: module only package
Version 0.2.0 (2019-05-02)
Changed: improve documentation
Changed: switch to single audiofile.py module
Fixed: skip tests if download fails
Version 0.1.3 (2019-03-27)
Fixed: metadata samples and duration for MP3 files
Version 0.1.2 (2019-03-25)
Fixed: metadata for pypi.org
Version 0.1.1 (2019-03-25)
Fixed: license statement in PyPI package
Version 0.1.0 (2019-03-25)
Added: First public release
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