audio device selection prompt for pyaudio recorder and update to usage notes

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # uho!
 
-Some python magick to help making the Uho podcast. https://uho.rizom,si
+Some python magick to help with making the Uho podcast. https://uho.rizom,si
 
-## usage examples:
+## Usage examples:
+
+## create a database of all music files
+./mk_music_library_db.py --music_directory=music --database=database/uho.db 
 
 ### create a new playlist
 ./mk_show.py --episode 2 --date 2024-03-11 --playlist new
@@ -15,19 +18,36 @@ when happy with the playlist then record the voice fills:
 ### record the voice fills for between the songs
 each song should have a short intro description and a longer outro description
 
-### record the intros for track 2
+### record the intros for episode 1 on audio device 6
-./recorder.py -e 2 -f in
+./recorder.py --episode 1 --sound_card 6 --fills out
 
-### record the outros for track 2
+### record the outros for episode 1 on audio device 0
-./recorder.py -e 2 -f out
+./recorder.py -e 1 -s 0 -f out
 
 now you have the voice fills and the playlist - time to cook up the show...
 
 ### keep the playlist and generate a website artwork and an audiofile output
 ./mk_show.py --episode 0 --date 2024-1-30 --playlist keep --mp3 --web --art
 
+## unziping bandcamp into their own directory 
+for i in *.zip;  do b=`basename "$i" .zip`; echo  unzip \"$i\" -d \"$b\"  ; done
 
-featured labels and artists:
+
+## install notes
+ 
+now using a venv so :
+
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+pip install tinytag scikit-image popen
+
+sudo apt install portaudio mp3info
+
+pip install pyaudio playsound pynput
+
+
+## featured labels and artists:
 https://pharmafabrik.bandcamp.com/
 https://kamizdat.bandcamp.com/
 https://sploh.bandcamp.com/
@@ -43,30 +63,5 @@ https://moonleerecords.bandcamp.com/
 https://sirom.bandcamp.com/music
 https://kikiriki.bandcamp.com
 
-##
-unziping bandcamp 
-for i in *.zip;  do b=`basename "$i" .zip`; echo  unzip \"$i\" -d \"$b\"  ; done
-
-## install notes
- 
-now using a venv so :
-
-python3 -m venv .venv
-source .venv/bin/activate
-
-pip install tinytag scikit-image popen
 
 
-sudo apt install portaudio mp3info
-
-pip install pyaudio playsound pynput
-
-recorder? 
-## run the script 
-
-// fresh start
-echo "" >  playlists/track_playout_history.txt; rm show.db ; mk_master_playlist.sh; ./mk_show.py 2 2024-04-17;
-
-// generate podcast episode 3 with a release date of  2024-02-23
-
-/mk_show.py 3 2024-02-23

html/templates/episode.jinja

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mediaelement@4.2.7/build/mediaelementplayer.min.css">
 
-
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../css/aos.css">
 
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../css/style.css">

recorder.py

@@ -24,17 +24,6 @@ from glob import glob
 import tkinter as tk
 from tkinter import filedialog as fd 
 
-
-p = pyaudio.PyAudio()
-info = p.get_host_api_info_by_index(0)
-numdevices = info.get('deviceCount')
-
-for i in range(0, numdevices):
-    if (p.get_device_info_by_host_api_device_index(0, i).get('maxInputChannels')) > 0:
-        print("Input Device id ", i, " - ", p.get_device_info_by_host_api_device_index(0, i).get('name'))
-
-
-
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 parser.add_argument("-d", "--date", help="Show Date")
 parser.add_argument("-e", "--episode", help="Episode Number", type=int)
@@ -44,9 +33,29 @@ parser.add_argument("-w", "--web", action="store_true")
 parser.add_argument("-a", "--art", action="store_true")
 parser.add_argument("-i", "--insert_fills", action="store_true")
 parser.add_argument("-f", "--fill", help="fill type", type=str)
-
+parser.add_argument("-s", "--sound_card", help="audio device", type=int)
 args = parser.parse_args()
 
+# list available audio devices
+p = pyaudio.PyAudio()
+info = p.get_host_api_info_by_index(0)
+numdevices = info.get('deviceCount')
+
+for i in range(0, numdevices):
+    if (p.get_device_info_by_host_api_device_index(0, i).get('maxInputChannels')) > 0:
+        print("Input Device id ", i, " - ", p.get_device_info_by_host_api_device_index(0, i).get('name'))
+
+if args.sound_card == False:
+    audio_device_number = input('''
+    -------------------------------------------------------------
+    what audio device do you choose: 
+    -------------------------------------------------------------
+    ''')
+else:
+    audio_device_number = args.sound_card
+
+
+
 path = pathlib.Path.cwd()
 
 show_name = "UhO"
@@ -55,17 +64,12 @@ show_rss = "podcast_rss.xml"
 show_email = "uho.podcast@gmail.com"
 episode_author="Rob Canning"
 
-show_short_description = '''The UhO! podcast presents an eclectic selection of independent music from Slovenia. The show aims to deliver as broad a range of genres as possible; banging techno, sludge, math rock, contemporary classical, doom, free improvisation, noise music, glitch, jazz skronk, field recordings, ambient, drone....etc etc... whatever the genre, you can be sure you are listening to the latest and most inovative music on offer in this part of the world.   Hosted and compiled by Rob Canning, the show is published weekly by Zavod Rizoma and is broadcast in Slovenia on FM by mariborski radio študent: MARŠ. It as also available as a podcast. Use our RSS feed or search for UhO Podcast where ever you subscribe to podcasts'''
-
 episode_number = args.episode
 fill = args.fill;
 input_date = args.date
 episode_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 episode_duration = 10
-show_cover = ""
 archive = []
-#artists_played = []
-artist_abreviated = []
 
 # sqlite database connection
 conn = sqlite3.connect("database/show.db")
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ if not os.path.exists(fill_path):
 #TODO GET VARIATION PROMPT
 
 def get_playlist_for_fill_recording(conn,  episode_number, episode_duration):
+
     cursor = conn.cursor()    
     cursor.execute('SELECT * FROM EPISODES WHERE EPISODE=? ORDER BY track_number ASC', [episode_number])
     preview = cursor.fetchall()
@@ -99,8 +104,8 @@ def get_playlist_for_fill_recording(conn,  episode_number, episode_duration):
     print(">> SELECT AN OPTION: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>")
     
     user_input = input('''
-                             (l)isten to track
+                              [l]isten to track
-                              R ECORD FILL
+                              [r]ecord voice fill
 
     >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR PRESS ENTER TO PROCEED................... : ''')