Summary

pyTranscribe is a minimalistic audio player providing features which simplify transcribing music (pitch shifting, precise fast forward/rewind, markers).

Features:

• gstreamer based
• supported file types: everything supported by gstreamer (mp3, ogg, videos, ...)
• constant pitch tempo adjustment
• precise/quick seeking (works for videos too)
• position marker system
• simple keyboard controls
• responsive user interface due to pygame

Moved from: code.google.com/p/pytranscribe

Installation

It's just a python script: download

Note: Installation instructions last verfying for Ubuntu 14.04.

Besides python you must have installed:

• gstreamer
• scaletempo/pitch plugins for gstreamer
• python bindings for gstreamer
• pygame

If you're running Ubuntu 9.04 or later this means you'll have to install these packages:

• gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
• python-gst0.10
• python-pygame

Ubuntu 8.04/8.10 versions of gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad do not contain the required scaletempo/pitch plugins so you'll have to compile it manually.

Usage

Start with:

pyTranscribe.py <filename>

Keyboard Controls:

LEFT/RIGHT -> seek
BACKSPACE  -> seek to active marker (the green one) and start playing if paused
HOME       -> seek to 00:00:000
SPACE      -> pause/play
+/-        -> adjust tempo in 12-root(2) steps
F5-F10     -> set tempo to 50% - 100%
b          -> toggle scaletempo bypass
m          -> create new marker at current position
d          -> delete active marker
<ALT> +/-  -> precisely move active marker

The only implemented mouse control is: LEFTMOUSEBUTTON in progress bar -> seek