ffmpeg_extract_audio_between_times.sh - Extract audio/video between times via ffmpeg

ffmpeg_extract_audio_between_times.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
    echo "[-] $0 $action <in-video-audio-file> <start-time-as-HH:MM:SS> <end-time-as-HH:MM:SS/num_seconds> [out-file]"
    exit
fi
in_audio_file="$1"
start_time="$2"
end_time_num_seconds="$3"

if [ -z "$out_file" ]; then
    in_file_ext="${in_audio_file##*.}"
    in_file_name_without_ext="${in_audio_file%.*}"
    out_file=`echo "$in_file_name_without_ext""_modified.$in_file_ext"`
fi
echo "[+] out_file: $out_file"

if [ ! -f "$in_audio_file" ]; then
    echo "[-] File: $in_audio_file not found."
    exit
fi

if [ ! -z `echo "$end_time_num_seconds" | grep ":"` ]; then
    end_time="$end_time_num_seconds"
    hh_end=`echo "$end_time" | cut -d":" -f1 | sed 's/^0//'`
    mm_end=`echo "$end_time" | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/^0//'`
    ss_end=`echo "$end_time" | cut -d":" -f3 | sed 's/^0//'`

    hh_st=`echo "$start_time" | cut -d":" -f1 | sed 's/^0//'`
    mm_st=`echo "$start_time" | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/^0//'`
    ss_st=`echo "$start_time" | cut -d":" -f3 | sed 's/^0//'`
 
    echo "[*] $hh_end,$mm_end,$ss_end   $hh_st,$mm_st,$ss_st"
    num_seconds=$(( (hh_end-hh_st)*3600 + (mm_end-mm_st)*60 + (ss_end-ss_st) ))

    if [ "$num_seconds" -lt 0 ]; then
        echo "[-] End time must be before start time. num_seconds: $num_seconds < 0."
        exit
    fi
else
    num_seconds="$end_time_num_seconds"
fi
echo "[+] num_seconds: $num_seconds"

echo "[*] Extracting audio between start time: $start_time and num_seconds: $num_seconds"
yes | ffmpeg -i "$in_audio_file" -ss "$start_time" -t "$num_seconds" -acodec copy "$out_file"