Option to suppress console window when extracting audio

[aalramadan]

I'm using the audio-extract module in my PySide6 application and compiling it into an executable using PyInstaller. However, I noticed that a console window kept popping up when the audio-extract function was called.

After some investigation, I found that the console window was appearing due to the subprocess.run() command in the extract_audio function within the audio-extract module. This command is used to run the ffmpeg command in a subprocess, and by default, it opens a console window.

To suppress the console window, I used the subprocess.STARTUPINFO class to control the visibility of the console window. Here's the modified extract_audio function:

import subprocess

def extract_audio(input_path: str, output_path: str = "./audio.mp3", output_format: str = "mp3",
                  start_time: str = "00:00:00",
                  duration: float = None,
                  overwrite: bool = False):
    # ... (rest of your code)

    # Create a STARTUPINFO object
    startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()

    # Set the STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW flag
    startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW

    # Set wShowWindow to SW_HIDE to hide the console window
    startupinfo.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE

    # Pass startupinfo to subprocess.run
    result = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, startupinfo=startupinfo)

    # ... (rest of your code)

This modification successfully suppressed the console window when the extract_audio function was called.

I wanted to bring this to your attention as other users might encounter the same issue. Perhaps there could be a way to incorporate this solution as an option into the audio-extract module.

And thank you for the great package!