silencedetect

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ffmpeg silenceremove silencedetect aselect audio speech breaking-change

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ffmpeg silenceremove semantics changed in 6.1: stop_duration of each pause is now kept, so an ffmpeg upgrade silently lengthens cut pauses

silenceremove=...:stop_periods=-1:stop_duration=1.5:stop_threshold=-50dB:stop_silence=0.5 removes whole pauses (minus stop_silence) on ffmpeg 5.1, but on 7.1.5 and 9.0.1 it keeps the first stop_duration (1.5 s) of every pause and adds stop_silence on top, so pauses end up 2.0 s. Measured on one fixture: 9.45 s with a 4.03 s pause gives 5.87 s on 5.1 and 7.42 s on 9.0; without stop_silence, 5.41 s vs 6.92 s. Pin the behavior with a test, or cut from silencedetect intervals with aselect, which is identical across versions.

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