#!/usr/bin/env python3 import argparse import logging import shlex import subprocess HELP = ''' Normalize audio input. The command uses ffprobe to analyze an input file with the ebur128 filter, and finally run ffmpeg to normalize the input depending on the computed adjustment. ffmpeg encoding arguments can be passed through the extra arguments after options, for example as in: normalize.py --input input.mp3 --output output.mp3 -- -loglevel debug -y ''' logging.basicConfig(format='normalize|%(levelname)s> %(message)s', level=logging.INFO) log = logging.getLogger() class Formatter( argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter ): pass def normalize(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=HELP, formatter_class=Formatter) parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', required=True, help='specify input file') parser.add_argument('--output', '-o', required=True, help='specify output file') parser.add_argument('--dry-run', '-n', help='simulate commands', action='store_true') parser.add_argument('encode_arguments', nargs='*', help='specify encode options used for the actual encoding') args = parser.parse_args() analysis_cmd = [ 'ffprobe', '-v', 'error', '-of', 'compact=p=0:nk=1', '-show_entries', 'frame_tags=lavfi.r128.I', '-f', 'lavfi', f"amovie='{args.input}',ebur128=metadata=1" ] def _run_command(cmd, dry_run=False): log.info(f"Running command:\n$ {shlex.join(cmd)}") if not dry_run: result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) return result result = _run_command(analysis_cmd) loudness = ref = -23 for line in result.stdout.splitlines(): sline = line.rstrip() if sline: loudness = sline adjust = ref - float(loudness) if abs(adjust) < 0.0001: logging.info(f"No normalization needed for '{args.input}'") return logging.info(f"Adjusting '{args.input}' by {adjust:.2f}dB...") normalize_cmd = [ 'ffmpeg', '-i', args.input, '-af', f'volume={adjust:.2f}dB' ] + args.encode_arguments + [args.output] _run_command(normalize_cmd, args.dry_run) if __name__ == '__main__': normalize()