Declicker crashes on 1 hour of audio.

[boonman]

When I use the Declicker plugin "DeClicker.ny" ("nyquist plug-in version 3") it crashes if the audio file is over 1 hour long.

Audacity simply shuts down at about the 70% mark.

I've tried on multiple computers

Here is my log after shutdown.

Anyone got any ideas?


21:52:28: Audacity 2.3.2
21:52:28: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'AudacityModule' in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
21:52:30: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
21:52:30: mLibAVFormatPath ('D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll') is not empty. Loading from it.
21:52:30: Looking up PATH environment variable...
21:52:30: PATH = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\19.0\bin;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\19.0\Bpl;C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\19.0\bin64;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\19.0\Bpl\Win64;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\'
21:52:30: Checking that 'D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2' is in PATH...
21:52:30: Warning: FFmpeg directory 'D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2' is not in PATH.
21:52:30: Temporarily prepending ';D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2' to PATH...
21:52:30: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll'.
21:52:30: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avutil_version' in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
21:52:30: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avcodec_version' in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
21:52:30: avformat not monolithic
21:52:30: Loading avutil from 'avutil-52.dll'.
21:52:30: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-55.dll'.
21:52:30: Loading avformat from 'D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll'.
21:52:30: Returning PATH to previous setting...
21:52:30: Actual avutil path D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avutil-52.dll
21:52:30: Actual avcodec path D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avcodec-55.dll
21:52:30: Actual avformat path D:\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll
21:52:30: Importing symbols...
21:52:30: All symbols loaded successfully. Initializing the library.
21:52:30: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
21:52:30: AVCodec version 0x373466 - 55.52.102 (built against 0x373466 - 55.52.102)
21:52:30: AVFormat version 0x372164 - 55.33.100 (built against 0x372164 - 55.33.100)
21:52:30: AVUtil version 0x344264 - 52.66.100 (built against 0x344264 - 52.66.100)
21:52:30: FFmpeg libraries loaded successfully.

[steve]

See: https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqu ... t_Plug-ins

Some Nyquist plug-ins are unsuitable for processing long audio tracks. If a plug-in causes excessive memory use and causes Audacity to freeze or crash when used on long tracks, please let us know so that we can either limit the plug-in to short selections or add a note to the plug-in description so as to warn other users of the possibility.

However, "Declicker" does not appear to be one of the "published" plug-ins.

The workaround would be to process the track in sections.

[boonman]

oh bummer

any can recommend an alternative declicker / anti-mouth noise audacity plugin?

[steve]

Why not process the audio in sections as suggested? If the plug-in works OK for you with half the track, process that, then select the second half of the track and process that.

[Trebor]

any can recommend an alternative declicker / anti-mouth noise audacity plugin?

Acon's DeClicker plugin works* in Audacity, but it's not free.
( The demo version inserts silence every ~30 seconds )

[* 32-bit version, Windows & Mac only ]

[boonman]

Why not process the audio in sections as suggested? If the plug-in works OK for you with half the track, process that, then select the second half of the track and process that.

I could cut it up

But it's 10 hours of audio in 16 chapters and i'd have to do a lot of cutting and stitching

[boonman]

any can recommend an alternative declicker / anti-mouth noise audacity plugin?

Acon's DeClicker plugin works* in Audacity, but it's not free.

Thanks

Do you know if this one has been tested on LONG audio files.

e.g will it work on audiobook tracks?

EDIT: Oh this is a VST plugin ya?

[boonman]

Really need an audacity "mouth noise" remover--that is like DeClicker.ny but can work on long audio files.

; (

[steve]

I could cut it up

No need to cut it up. Just:

• select the first half of the track (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/aud ... ction.html)
• Apply the effect
• Select the second half of the track
• Apply the effect

[boonman]

I could cut it up

No need to cut it up. Just:

• select the first half of the track (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/aud ... ction.html)
• Apply the effect
• Select the second half of the track
• Apply the effect

It takes about an hour to process each slice. So i'd have to babysit the laptop for several days doing this for one audiobook.