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+var aubio = require('../');
+var ref = require('ref');
+
+if (process.argv[2]) {
+ var inputfile = process.argv[2];
+} else {
+ console.error('a command line is required.');
+ console.log('usage examples:');
+ console.log(' ' + process.argv[0] + ' ' + process.argv[1] + ' <mediafile>');
+ return;
+}
+
+var samplerate = 0; // this tells aubio_source to use test.wav samplerate
+var hop_s = 512; // number of samples to be read at each aubio_source_do call
+
+var source = aubio.new_aubio_source(inputfile, samplerate, hop_s);
+try {
+ source.readPointer();
+} catch (e) {
+ console.error('failed opening ' + inputfile + ' for reading');
+ return;
+}
+// get the actual samplerate of the input file
+var samplerate = aubio.aubio_source_get_samplerate(source);
+
+var readPtr = ref.alloc('int'); // a pointer to and int
+var total_frames = 0; // frame counter
+
+var samples = aubio.new_fvec(hop_s);
+while (true) {
+ // read at most hop_s frames from inputfile
+ aubio.aubio_source_do(source, samples, readPtr);
+ // increment the number of frames read
+ total_frames += readPtr.deref();
+ // stop at end of file
+ if (readPtr.deref() != hop_s) { break; }
+}
+// compute the duration in seconds
+var cur_time = total_frames / samplerate;
+// print duration and number of frames read
+console.log('read %d seconds (%d frames) from %s', cur_time.toFixed(3),
+ total_frames, inputfile);
+
+// clean up memory (each new_ should have a corresponding del_)
+aubio.del_aubio_source(source);
+aubio.del_fvec(samples);