Audiowaveform

Overview

Generate waveform visualizations from audio files using BBC's audiowaveform tool. Renders PNG waveform images (PNG only, no SVG), converts audio to WAV, and outputs peak data as JSON or binary (.dat) for web-based audio players (wavesurfer.js, peaks.js). Ideal for podcast players, music platforms, social media audio previews, and any UI that shows audio waveforms.

Instructions

Step 1: Installation

# macOS and Linuxbrew
brew install audiowaveform

# Ubuntu (Launchpad PPA maintained by the author)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-needham/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audiowaveform