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wave_test.py

# wave_test.py
# python 2.7 doesn't support 'with' on the wave module

import wave
import struct

def clean(i):
    strs = i.split('\t')[:2]
    return [float(i) for i in strs]

filename = "snipped.wav"
info_filename = 'snipped_info'

'''read info file'''
f = open(info_filename)
sample_markers = [clean(i) for i in f.readlines()]
f.close()

mark_start, mark_end = sample_markers[0]
nseconds = mark_end - mark_start
# print(sample_markers)
# print('nseconds', nseconds)
# print('mark_start', mark_start)
# print('mark_end', mark_end)

# ----------------------------------------------------------
'''read original file'''
f = wave.open(filename)
wave_params = f.getparams()
nchannels, sampwidth, frate, nframes, comptype, compname = wave_params

duration_seconds = float(nframes)/float(frate)
# print(frate, nframes, duration_seconds)

# find start frame, end frame and n  (n samples)
start_frame = int(mark_start * frate)
end_frame = int(mark_end * frate)
n = end_frame - start_frame

print(start_frame, end_frame, n)


f.setpos(start_frame)
data = f.readframes(n)


'''open destination for writing'''
wf = wave.open('destination.wav', 'wb')
wf.setparams(wave_params)
# wf.setpos(44100) # start at 1 second
for i in range(44100*2):
    wf.writeframes(struct.pack('h', 0))
wf.writeframes(data)


wf.close()
f.close()