Audio Segment Combining Script

This script combines intro, outro, and recorded segments to batch edit episodes of a program or podcast.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• pydub library for audio manipulation
• ffmpeg
• Audio files for intro and outro
• Recorded segments in a folder

Usage

1. Set Paths: Set the paths to the intro, outro, folder containing recorded segments, and output folder in the script.

2. Run Script: Run the script to combine the segments with the intro and outro, adding metadata.

Script Overview

• The script loads intro and outro audio files.
• It iterates over the recorded segments in the specified folder.
• For each file, the intro, recording, and outro are combined with appropriate timing adjustments.
• The combined episode is exported to the output folder with metadata including artist name and episode title.

Notes

• See https://github.com/jiaaro/pydub for pydub documentation
• Ensure that the intro and outro files are correctly formatted and have valid durations.
• The script expects the recorded segments to be in the MP3 format.
• Metadata tags for artist name and episode title are added to each combined episode.
• This script does not handle processing such as compression, EQ, normalization etc. I typically do that as a batch process with the recorded segments in Adobe Audition before running this script.