From d7bc6ea74d4bc8e900fdbfb8ab3aa9f98318081c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dillonj <dilljens@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:46:49 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added split audio

---
 split_audio.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 split_audio.sh

diff --git a/split_audio.sh b/split_audio.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4e1d79b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/split_audio.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Split long audio files into smaller segments for easier transcription
+# Usage: ./split_audio.sh <input_file> [segment_length_minutes]
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <input_file> [segment_length_minutes]"
+    echo "Example: $0 my_long_audio.wav 10"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+input_file="$1"
+segment_length="${2:-10}"  # Default 10 minutes
+
+if [ ! -f "$input_file" ]; then
+    echo "Error: File '$input_file' not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+basename="${input_file%.*}"
+extension="${input_file##*.}"
+
+echo "Splitting '$input_file' into ${segment_length}-minute segments..."
+
+ffmpeg -i "$input_file" -f segment -segment_time $((segment_length * 60)) -c copy -reset_timestamps 1 "${basename}_part_%03d.${extension}"
+
+echo "Done! Created segments:"
+ls -la "${basename}_part_"*."${extension}" 2>/dev/null
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