Auto Remove Silence From Video
Removing silence is not always a good practice among professional filmmakers. But it’s very useful for your average YouTuber. When reading from a script there might be moments when you pause for a while. Either to avoid mistakes or prepare for the next step. It’s still better than making mistakes all over. Removing every single minute of silence takes a lot of time, especially in long video formats. Why not automate that task instead and focus on the rest of the edit. Don’t get discouraged if the command line seems daunting to you because you can copy-paste the commands from the description.
What is auto-editor? First, let’s talk about the main piece of software we are going to use which is auto-editor.
It’s a simple command-line application or also known as cli (command line interface) to auto edit video and audio. The developers also provide a paid app with a Graphical User Interface which might be easier to use. Consider it if you want to support them.
How does auto-editor work? After everything is set up it will probably be the fastest way to remove silence from video you have ever seen. You will only need to run the command “auto-editor path video.mp4” or “autoeditor video.mp4” if you decide to run it from the same folder where python is installed.
Installing python As you just saw, python is something you will need to install in order to use the app. It is also a programming language with very interesting automation capabilities. You can go to the official site, then click on downloads and download the version that matches your operating system. Click on the file you have downloaded and it will open up the installer, very straightforward. Make sure the option “Add Python 3.10 to PATH" is checked and hit continue.
Install auto-editor Now you will want to go to the folder where you just installed python (app data > local > programs > python). Open the folder which points to the version you just installed (python310), go to scripts, hit shift, right-click and select open the terminal here. We want to make sure python is updated so you can run: “pip install --upgrade pip” and it will update if needed. After the update we can install auto-editor by copy/ pasting the following command: “pip install auto-editor”
To make sure it is working properly you can run “auto-editor --help” and it will list all the options available for stuff you can do with the app.
Run the command auto-editor video.mp4 Everything is ready! But do not close the terminal yet! From now on I recommend you copy-paste the video file to the scripts folder and rename it to something without spaces to avoid conflict. Go to the terminal, “type auto-editor videoname.mp4” according to the file you want to edit and the format you want to use. Usually, .mp4 and .mov will work just fine. But if possible avoid using a file that you have already edited or converted a lot of times. It will take a few minutes and it’s done. You can now grab the clip and start editing on your video editor of choice.
Altered clip The video you just edited will open up on the player automatically if you want to check out the changes. And a new file will be created with the same name followed by “ALTERED”.