add joining audio files tutorial

Author: x4nth055

README.md

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ This is a repository of all the tutorials of [The Python Code](https://www.thepy
     - [How to Extract Audio from Video in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/extract-audio-from-video-in-python). ([code](general/video-to-audio-converter))
     - [How to Combine a Static Image with Audio in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/add-static-image-to-audio-in-python). ([code](python-for-multimedia/add-photo-to-audio))
     - [How to Concatenate Video Files in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/concatenate-video-files-in-python). ([code](python-for-multimedia/combine-video))
+    - [How to Concatenate Audio Files in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/concatenate-audio-files-in-python). ([code](python-for-multimedia/combine-audio))
 
 
 - ### [Web Scraping](https://www.thepythoncode.com/topic/web-scraping)

python-for-multimedia/combine-audio/README.md

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+# [How to Concatenate Audio Files in Python](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/concatenate-audio-files-in-python)
+To run this:
+- `pip3 install -r requirements.txt`
+- There are 3 files, one for each method, check [the tutorial](https://www.thepythoncode.com/article/concatenate-audio-files-in-python) for more info.

python-for-multimedia/combine-audio/concatenate_audio_moviepy.py

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+from moviepy.editor import concatenate_audioclips, AudioFileClip
+
+
+def concatenate_audio_moviepy(audio_clip_paths, output_path):
+    """Concatenates several audio files into one audio file using MoviePy
+    and save it to `output_path`. Note that extension (mp3, etc.) must be added to `output_path`"""
+    clips = [AudioFileClip(c) for c in audio_clip_paths]
+    final_clip = concatenate_audioclips(clips)
+    final_clip.write_audiofile(output_path)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Simple Audio file combiner using MoviePy library in Python")
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--clips", nargs="+",
+                        help="List of audio clip paths")
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="The output audio file, extension must be included (such as mp3, etc.)")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    concatenate_audio_moviepy(args.clips, args.output)

python-for-multimedia/combine-audio/concatenate_audio_pydub.py

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+from pydub import AudioSegment
+from tqdm import tqdm
+import os
+
+
+def concatenate_audio_pydub(audio_clip_paths, output_path, verbose=1):
+    """
+    Concatenates two or more audio files into one audio file using PyDub library
+    and save it to `output_path`. A lot of extensions are supported, more on PyDub's doc.
+    """
+    def get_file_extension(filename):
+        """A helper function to get a file's extension"""
+        return os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lstrip(".")
+
+    clips = []
+    # wrap the audio clip paths with tqdm if verbose
+    audio_clip_paths = tqdm(audio_clip_paths, "Reading audio file") if verbose else audio_clip_paths
+    for clip_path in audio_clip_paths:
+        # get extension of the audio file
+        extension = get_file_extension(clip_path)
+        # load the audio clip and append it to our list
+        clip = AudioSegment.from_file(clip_path, extension)
+        clips.append(clip)
+
+    final_clip = clips[0]
+    range_loop = tqdm(list(range(1, len(clips))), "Concatenating audio") if verbose else range(1, len(clips))
+    for i in range_loop:
+        # looping on all audio files and concatenating them together
+        # ofc order is important
+        final_clip = final_clip + clips[i]
+    # export the final clip
+    final_clip_extension = get_file_extension(output_path)
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"Exporting resulting audio file to {output_path}")
+    final_clip.export(output_path, format=final_clip_extension)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Simple Audio file combiner using PyDub library in Python")
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--clips", nargs="+",
+                        help="List of audio clip paths")
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="The output audio file, extension must be included (such as mp3, etc.)")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    concatenate_audio_pydub(args.clips, args.output)

python-for-multimedia/combine-audio/concatenate_audio_wave.py

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+import wave
+
+def concatenate_audio_wave(audio_clip_paths, output_path):
+    """Concatenates several audio files into one audio file using Python's built-in wav module
+    and save it to `output_path`. Note that extension (wav) must be added to `output_path`"""
+    data = []
+    for clip in audio_clip_paths:
+        w = wave.open(clip, "rb")
+        data.append([w.getparams(), w.readframes(w.getnframes())])
+        w.close()
+    output = wave.open(output_path, "wb")
+    output.setparams(data[0][0])
+    for i in range(len(data)):
+        output.writeframes(data[i][1])
+    output.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Simple Audio file combiner using wave module in Python")
+    parser.add_argument("-c", "--clips", nargs="+",
+                        help="List of audio clip paths")
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="The output audio file, extension (wav) must be included")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    concatenate_audio_wave(args.clips, args.output)

python-for-multimedia/combine-audio/directed-by-robert.mp3

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+moviepy
+pydub