Auto-Editor 26.3.x produces empty audio files

[justinmayer]

Starting with Auto-Editor 26.3.0 and continuing with 26.3.1, processing audio files yields empty (or at least 99.9% empty) output files. I have tested on AIFF and MP3 files, and both types exhibit this problem. I do not know if other file types are similarly affected.

This problem did not exist in the other versions I have used up until now, namely Auto-Editor 26.0.0 – 26.2.0.

Steps to Reproduce

1. pipx install auto-editor==26.3.1
2. Download a sample AIFF file: sample-aiff-files-sample1.aiff
3. Download a sample MP3 file: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/2secondsection-59838/
4. Process both sample files via: auto-editor --no-open [file-name]

Expected Result

I expected both […]_ALTERED files to contain all of the audio in the original source files, minus any removed silent parts.

Observed Result

All […]_ALTERED files produced by Auto-Editor 26.3.x contain only a fraction of a second of audio, if any, and have near-empty file sizes (less than 99.9% of original file size).

Workaround

Revert to Auto-Editor 26.2.0.

Environment

OS: MacOS 15.3.1 Sequoia
Python: Tested on 3.10.16 and 3.12.9

[WyattBlue]

Thanks for reporting this. I fixed this in 26.3.2

[justinmayer]

Impressively quick turnaround! 🎉 Two additional notes:

1. In my issue report I was remiss in communicating how wonderful this tool is and how much I appreciate your efforts to maintain it. So please accept my belated thank-you! 🙏
2. I can confirm that version 26.3.2 addresses the problem. When testing that version, however, I see what appears to be spurious information in the output that I've never seen before: Some options were not used: {'movflags': 'faststart'}. My invocation was the same as above (without any options specified other than --no-open), so I assume movflags and faststart must be default options. Perhaps this seemingly spurious information should be removed from the console output, at least when it is not relevant?