A reply like that is an almost perfect way to make me not care. On Jan 14 00:48:45, sox-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Am 2025-01-13 21:19, schrieb Jan Stary: > > On Jan 13 20:07:12, sox-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > I use sox for converting and merging vox-files in a shell script. > > > But the > > > vox files often have different duration in seconds and I want to > > > make sure > > > that the shorter file always has the duration of the longer file > > > before > > > merging. > > > > Why? You are not telling the whole story. > > My fantasy story for you is: I work for the German secret service and > monitor telephone conversations. The VOX files contain the recordings from > side A and B respectively. Unfortunately, the technology is not perfect. For > some reason, the recording of side A is usually somewhat slower, probably > due to asynchronous processes in the background. In a 42-minute > conversation, the difference _can_ be up to 20 seconds. That's why I try to > stretch the recording with the shorter duration to the duration of the > longer recording in order to get the dialog in sync. > > The individual files are mono and with the merging it remains mono. > > I had already tried the tempo option, but that didn't work at all. > Stretching is not worthwhile when the difference is so small. A certain > tolerance can be taken into account. However, I will make it dependent on > the length in future. > > chatgpt is an ideal helper (albeit with flaws) who doesn't ask superfluous > questions and always tries to offer individual solutions and even spreads > good vibes. I can't say that your text puts me in a good mood ;-) But thank > you for taking the trouble to reply. It would have been your chance to show > that humans can still be smarter than AI :) I'll keep experimenting with it > until the result is perfect. > > > _______________________________________________ > Sox-users mailing list > Sox-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-users > _______________________________________________ Sox-users mailing list Sox-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sox-users
