fix: adjust buffer size and resolve recording overflows

Christophe Weis

06.12.24 e39781b60de88f4f20b1545faab144a50055fffd

fix: adjust buffer size and resolve recording overflows

 PythonExample_Recording.py

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import pyaudio
import wave

# Initialize PyAudio
p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

# List available input devices
print("Available audio input devices:")
for i in range(p.get_device_count()):
    device_info = p.get_device_info_by_index(i)
    if device_info['maxInputChannels'] > 0:
        print(f"Device ID {i}: {device_info['name']} (Max channels: {device_info['maxInputChannels']})")

# Prompt user to select a device
device_index = int(input("Please select the device ID to use for recording: "))
n_channels = int(input("Please enter the number of channels to use for recording: "))
duration_sec = int(input("Please enter the desired duration (in seconds) of the recording: "))

# Parameters
CHANNELS = n_channels # Number of channels
SAMPLE_RATE = 48000
CHUNK = 32  # Number of frames per buffer
FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16 # 16-bit audio
RECORD_SECONDS = duration_sec # Duration to record (in seconds)
OUTPUT_FILENAME = "output.wav"
MONITORING = True # To write to a text file as long as the device is recording

# Get the chosen device's info to validate it can support the entered number of channels and 48kHz
device_info = p.get_device_info_by_index(device_index)
max_channels = device_info['maxInputChannels']
if max_channels < CHANNELS:
    print(f"Error: The selected device only supports {max_channels} channels, but {CHANNELS} channels are required.")
    p.terminate()
    exit(1)

# Open stream
stream = p.open(format=FORMAT,
                channels=CHANNELS,
                rate=SAMPLE_RATE,
                input=True,
                input_device_index=device_index,
                frames_per_buffer=CHUNK)

print(f"Recording {RECORD_SECONDS} seconds of audio from device ID {device_index}...")

frames = []

print (f"Check status {stream.is_active()}")

if MONITORING:
    open("current_recording.txt","w+")

for i in range(int(SAMPLE_RATE / CHUNK * RECORD_SECONDS)):

    print (i, f"RECORDING: Check status {stream.is_active()}") # This line is for testing

    try:
        # Record audio
        # data = stream.read(CHUNK)
        data = stream.read(CHUNK, exception_on_overflow = False) # This line (as an alternative to the line above) is to prevent overflows from terminating the recording
        frames.append(data)

        if MONITORING:
            if i%int(10*SAMPLE_RATE/CHUNK) == 0: # Writing current time into "current_recording.txt" every 10 seconds
                current_second = int(i*CHUNK/SAMPLE_RATE)
                with open('current_recording.txt', 'a') as f:
                    f.write(f"{current_second}\n")
    
    except:
        print ("Error")

print("Finished recording.")


print (f"Check status {stream.is_active()}")
# Stop and close the stream
stream.stop_stream()
stream.close()

# Terminate PyAudio
p.terminate()

# Save the recorded audio to a file
wf = wave.open(OUTPUT_FILENAME, 'wb')
wf.setnchannels(CHANNELS)
wf.setsampwidth(p.get_sample_size(FORMAT))
wf.setframerate(SAMPLE_RATE)
wf.writeframes(b''.join(frames))
wf.close()

print(f"Audio saved to {OUTPUT_FILENAME}.")