Basswood-io Blog Posts

Auto-Editor Is Now Online

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:18:13 EDT

Auto-Editor now runs entirely in your browser at app.auto-editor.com/online — no install required, and your media never leaves your computer.

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Packing Levels Into 16 Bits with unorm16 and snorm16

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 16:00:00 EDT

Auto-Editor stores one loudness value per frame, plus motion, and a pile of per-frame action parameters. Most of those numbers live in [0, 1] or [-1, 1], so spending a full float32 on each one is wasteful. Here's how we cut them in half.

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2025 In Review

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 01:40:41 EST

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News for Auto-Editor 29.5.0

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:43:16 EST

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Auto-Editor Nim Is Now in Beta

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 07:00:00 EDT

Auto-Editor, originally written in Python, has been successfully rewritten in Nim and entered beta with significant performance improvements and a planned stable release in September 2025.

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We're Rewriting Auto-Editor in Nim!

Sat, 24 May 2025 07:00:00 EDT

Today, I'm announcing that we're rewriting Auto-Editor from scratch in Nim! This is a major shift for the project, and I wanted to share why we're making this change and what it means for users.

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Why We're Forking PyAV

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 07:00:00 EDT

Why We're Forking PyAV

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An Additional Note for 24w30a

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:00:00 EDT

In the 24w30a release, the default method for editing, `audio`, switched from being two-pass to one-pass. The motivation is speed, especially

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Why Auto-Editor Doesn't Support EDL Files

Sun, 10 Sep 2023 07:00:00 EDT

The EDL format doesn't have a widespread standard. This, among other issues, makes it impractical to support.

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Nim vs Zig

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 07:00:00 EDT

Nim and Zig look similar on the surface. Both are modern statically-typed compiled languages. However, a closer examination with reveal stark differences.

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Why Nim Is My Favorite Compiled Language

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 07:00:00 EDT

While there are many other low to medium level languages, Nim hits all the sweet spots for me.

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How to Compile FFmpeg on Windows

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:00:00 EDT

Open the Windows Terminal application, go to `C:/`, then run `git clone https://github.com/m-ab-s/media-autobuild_suite`. Since Windows has a strict filename length limit, we'll need to shorten the directory name.

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The Optimization That Reduced Memory Consumption by 99%

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 07:00:00 EDT

Every time auto-editor processes a media file with audio, auto-editor reads, does analysis, then writes new the audio file. The most common type of files auto-editor processes...

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Why It's Time to Remove `--silent-threshold`

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:00:00 EDT

`--silent-threshold` has been with us since the literal first day of auto-editor's existence. However, it's continued usage has become problematic. It's finally time to put this aging option to rest.

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