This script splits an audio file into multiple files based on silence gaps. Each non-silent segment is saved as a separate audio file, with optional silence padding before and after the segment.

• pydub library
• ffmpeg or libav installed on your system (required by pydub)

All Python dependencies can be installed using requirements.txt.

1. Clone the repository or download the script:

git clone <repository_url>
cd <repository_directory>

2. Install the required Python libraries:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Install ffmpeg:

   • On Ubuntu:

     sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

   • On macOS:

     brew install ffmpeg

   • On Windows: Download the executable from the ffmpeg official website and follow the installation instructions.

Run the script with the following command-line arguments:

python audio_splitter.py <audio_file> --out-dir <output_directory> [--padding <padding_duration>] [--min-silence-length <silence_length>]

• <audio_file>: The input audio file (e.g., audio.mp3).
• --out-dir: The directory to save the split audio files.
• --padding: (Optional) Duration of silence padding before and after each segment (in milliseconds). Default is 1000 ms.
• --min-silence-length: (Optional) Minimum duration of silence to use for splitting (in milliseconds). Default is 500 ms.

To split audio.mp3 into segments based on silence and save the segments in the output directory:

python audio_splitter.py audio.mp3 --out-dir output --padding 500 --min-silence-length 300

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Happy splitting! 🎶