Creates a customizable video for the spectrum of an audio file.
Install python dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
This script requires ffmpeg.
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Linux:
- Debian/Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg - Arch:
sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
- Debian/Ubuntu:
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macOS:
homebrew install ffmpeg -
Windows:
- Download ffmpeg
- Extract it into a folder, for example
C:\FFmpeg - Add the ffmpeg bin folder to your PATH Environment Variable.
Here is a guide that explains the process in detail.
Open a command line and change into the directory where the program is located. It is easiest to simply copy the audio file into the same directory, however not at all necessary.
To run the program: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> (If no destination folder is given, it defaults to output in the current directory)
Example: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py 'Bursty Greedy Spider.mp3' Visualizer
This creates an image sequence for the audio spectrum of Bursty Greedy Spider.mp3 into a newly created folder named Visualizer in the same directory.
Example for when audio and destination directory are not in the same directory as the program : python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py '.\User\Music\Bursty Greedy Spider.mp3' '.\User\Desktop\Visualizer'
-ps, --preset Name of a preset defined as a collection of flags in presets.txt. Default: default. Note that the default preset is blank on a fresh install, feel free to define it as you like
-h, --help Shows the standard help message
-ht, --height Height of the output video/images in px. Default: 540
-w, --width Width of the output video/images in px. Will be overwritten if both binWidth AND binSpacing is given! Default: 1920
-b, --bins Amount of bins (bars, points, etc). Default: 64
-bw, --binWidth Width of the bins in px. Default: 5/6 * width/bins
-bs, --binSpacing Spacing between bins in px. Default: 1/6 * width/bins
-fr, --framerate Framerate of the output video/image sequence (Frames per second). Default: 30
-ch, --channel Which channel to use (left, right, average, stereo). Default: average
-d, --duration Length of audio sample per frame in ms. Default: Duration will be one frame long (1/framerate)
-s, --start Begins render at <start> seconds. Default: Renders from the start of the sound file
-e, --end Ends render at <end> seconds. Default: Renders to the end of the sound file
-xlog Scales the X-axis logarithmically to a given base. Default: 0 (Linear)
-ylog Scales the Y-axis logarithmically to a given base. Default: 0 (Linear)
-sy, --smoothY Smoothing over <n> adjacent bins. If smoothY=auto: Automatic smoothing is applied (bins/32). Default: 0
-fs, --frequencyStart Limits the range of frequencies to <frequencyStart>Hz and onward. Default: Starts at lowest frequency
-fe, --frequencyEnd Limits the range of frequencies to <frequencyEnd>Hz. Default: Ends at highest frequency
-is, --imageSequence Export visualization as frame-by-frame image sequence instead of .mp4 with audio. Default: False"
-t, --test Renders a single frame for style testing. Default: False
-st, --style Defines render style: bars, circles, donuts, line, fill. Default: bars
-bht, --barHeight Height of the bars in px. Default: full
-lt, --lineThickness Thickness of the line in px. Default: 3
-m, --mirror Mirrors the spectrum at x-axis. 1: Middle, 2: Top/Bottom Default: 0
-r, --radial Creates a radial (circle) visualization. Size is determined by height. Default: False
-rs, --radiusStart Inner radius in px. Default: 1/6 Height
-re, --radiusEnd Outer radius in px. Default: 1/2 Height
-cc, --circumference Circumference of radial visualization in degrees. Default: 360 (Full)
-rt, --rotation Rotation offset of radial visualization in degrees. Default: 0
-c, --color Color of bins (bars, points, etc). Ex: ff0000 or red. Default: ffffff (white)
-bgc, --backgroundColor Color of the background. Ex: ff0000 or red. Default: 000000 (black)
Color names are equal to the named colors supported by HTML and CSS: Overview of named colors.
Custom colors can be added to the colors dictionary in color.py in the form of "<color name>": [R, G, B],.
-i, --image Adds an image in radial visualization if given path (See example)
-cs, --chunkSize Amount of frames cached before clearing (Higher chunk size lowers render time, but increases RAM usage). Default: auto
-p, --processes Number of processes to use for rendering and export. Default: Number of processor cores (or hyperthreads, if supported)
RAM usage is proportional to the chunksize multiplied by the number of processes. Per default (auto) the chunksize is set to 128 divided by the number of processes. Ex. 128/4 = chunksize of 32 per process on a machine with 4 cores and no hyperthreading. You may want to increase the chunksize on a machine with large RAM for better performance, as a larger chunksize per process improves render times.
Default: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder>
Slim bins: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -b 128 -bw 5
IKEA: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -b 12 -c yellow -bgc blue
Circles: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -st circles -bw 15
Donuts: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -b 32 -st donuts -c e9388c -bgc f17e06
Line: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -b 256 -st line -lt 3 -c lime
Fill: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -b 256 -st fill -c lime
Mirror 1: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -m 1
Mirror 2: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -m 2
Radial 1: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -r -st line
Radial 2: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -r -cc 180 -rt -90 -st fill
Image: python AudioSpectrumVisualizer.py <Path to Audio File> <Destination Folder> -r -i "catgirl.png"
