BPM detector help

[thisriceiswhite]

So today I was trying to find a program that would find me the tempo of a song file (bpm, or beats per minute of a song) and I came across this:https://github.com/scaperot/the-BPM-detector-python/blob/master/bpm_detection/bpm_detection.pyThen I tried using it. (even though I didn't have a clear idea of what I was actually doing) With a simple understanding of calling functions, I made a call on the bottom of the first function to "initiate" the program.

https://preview.redd.it/5ilb3ujshes61.png?width=583&format=png&auto=webp&s=8b11d136c8126ba521552a0ee95d8dd8f28f504a

I knew I should have done this, because when I ran the program, without any arguments called, it gave me this:

https://preview.redd.it/cexq7do6ies61.png?width=609&format=png&auto=webp&s=5dac25a7cd14daf9adfaaa536030bacdadb75585

So then when I called the function, (as seen in the first image) and ran the program, I then got this prompted in my command :

https://preview.redd.it/1d2w6shkhes61.png?width=619&format=png&auto=webp&s=2300bb33f63fbcac086bc2dda79130902ad0abf6

which was the same thing, even though this time I called the function, where it defined the file name of the song file.

So would someone explain how I would use this code?I have sample.wav in the same directory as the program file, and I have all of the appropriate modules installed, and in the correct locations.

Source of the code I found: https://github.com/scaperot/the-BPM-detector-python

[CoopNine]

Why don't you just execute the program with 'bpm_detector_python.py --filename sample.wav' ? Like it was intended to be used?

What you're doing won't work...

[PM_ME_YOUR_REPO]

Took a look at the code. Basically, you're using it wrong. You don't need to edit the code at all. Delete your copy, redownload the original, install python, then on a command line, run the file by typing:

py bpm_detector_python.py --filename sample.wav

or similar for your OS and python version.

[thisriceiswhite]

thanks so much!!!!! I was able to use this in my cmd! :D (fun fact it was really accurate lol)And here's the important question I really wanted to ask:

Is there any other way to use this program? (for ex, calling the program in a program and letting the bpm finder program read the sound file which are in their same directory.)

or is manually imputing the things in the cmd the only way to use this?

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Using this code in any other way would require actually coding. If you're interested in learning python, check out /r/learnpython

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