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+
+"""
+Master script that processes all MP3 files found in an input directory. Splits those files up into sub-files of a
+predetermined duration.
+"""
+import argparse
+import functools
+import os
+from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
+
+import torch
+import torchaudio
+from tqdm import tqdm
+
+from data.util import find_audio_files
+from utils.util import load_audio
+
+
+def report_progress(progress_file, file):
+    with open(progress_file, 'a', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(f'{file}\n')
+
+
+def process_file(file, base_path, output_path, progress_file, duration_per_clip, sampling_rate=22050):
+    try:
+        audio = load_audio(file, sampling_rate)
+    except:
+        report_progress(progress_file, file)
+        return
+
+    outdir = os.path.join(output_path, f'{os.path.relpath(file, base_path)[:-4]}').replace('.', '').strip()
+    os.makedirs(outdir, exist_ok=True)
+    splits = torch.split(audio, duration_per_clip * sampling_rate, dim=-1)
+    for i, spl in enumerate(splits):
+        if spl.shape[-1] != duration_per_clip*sampling_rate:
+            continue  # In general, this just means "skip the last item".
+        # Perform some checks on subclips within this clip.
+        passed_checks = True
+        for s in range(duration_per_clip // 2):
+            subclip = spl[s*2*sampling_rate:(s+1)*2*sampling_rate]
+            # Are significant parts of any of this clip just silence?
+            if subclip.var() < .001:
+                passed_checks=False
+            if not passed_checks:
+                break
+        if not passed_checks:
+            continue
+        torchaudio.save(f'{outdir}/{i:05d}.wav', spl.unsqueeze(0), sampling_rate)
+    report_progress(progress_file, file)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('-path', type=str, help='Path to search for files', default='Y:\\sources\\yt-music-1')
+    parser.add_argument('-progress_file', type=str, help='Place to store all files that have already been processed', default='Y:\\sources\\yt-music-1\\already_processed.txt')
+    parser.add_argument('-output_path', type=str, help='Path for output files', default='Y:\\split\\yt-music-1')
+    parser.add_argument('-num_threads', type=int, help='Number of concurrent workers processing files.', default=8)
+    parser.add_argument('-duration', type=int, help='Duration per clip in seconds', default=30)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    processed_files = set()
+    if os.path.exists(args.progress_file):
+        with open(args.progress_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            for line in f.readlines():
+                processed_files.add(line.strip())
+
+    files = set(find_audio_files(args.path, include_nonwav=True))
+    orig_len = len(files)
+    files = files - processed_files
+    print(f"Found {len(files)} files to process. Total processing is {100*(orig_len-len(files))/orig_len}% complete.")
+
+    with ThreadPool(args.num_threads) as pool:
+        list(tqdm(pool.imap(functools.partial(process_file, output_path=args.output_path, base_path=args.path,
+                                              progress_file=args.progress_file, duration_per_clip=args.duration), files), total=len(files)))