@bbc/convert-to-audio

Node ffmpeg wrapper to convert audio or video file to an audio file that meets STT specs

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

Convert To Audio

Node ffmpeg wrapper to convert audio or video file to an audio file that meets STT specs

Originally from autoEdit2 and DPE

On npm @bbc/convert-to-audio

Setup

git clone git@github.com:bbc/convert-to-audio.git

cd convert-to-audio

npm install

Usage

npm install @bbc/convert-to-wav

const convertToAudio = require("@bbc/convert-to-wav");

const url = "https://download.ted.com/talks/KateDarling_2018S-950k.mp4";
const audioFileOutput = "./ted-talk.wav";

convertToAudio(url, audioFileOutput)
  .then(newFile => {
    console.log(newFile);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
  });

Or with async await, inside an async block

const convertToAudio = require("@bbc/convert-to-wav");

const url = "https://download.ted.com/talks/KateDarling_2018S-950k.mp4";
const audioFileOutput = "./ted-talk.wav";
// inside an async function
const newFile = await convertToAudio(url, audioFileOutput);

System Architecture

Uses ffmpeg binary, and fluent ffmpeg to convert to audio, wav.

Development env

Node version is set in node version manager .nvmrc

Build

NA

Tests

NA

Deployment

npm run publish:public