time_split.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys
import csv
import subprocess as sp

def get_time(csv_row):
    start_time = csv_row[0]

    return start_time

def get_song_file_name(song_name, song_track_id):

    return "%02d %s" % (song_track_id, song_name)

def make_songs(main_song_file, start_time, end_time, song_track_id, song_name, song_artist, song_album):

    song_file_name = get_song_file_name(song_name, song_track_id)
    meta_track_id = "%02d" % song_track_id

    str_cmd =("ffmpeg "
            "-loglevel -8 "
            "-i %s "
            "-acodec copy "
            "-metadata title=\"%s\" "
            "-metadata artist=\"%s\" "
            "-metadata album=\"%s\" "
            "-metadata track=\"%s\" "
            "-ss %s "
            "-to %s \"%s.mp3\"") % (main_song_file, song_name, song_artist, song_album, meta_track_id, start_time, end_time, song_file_name)

    sp.call(str_cmd, shell = True)

def main():

    if len(sys.argv) < 4:
        print ("Arguments are \"song details\", \"big .mp3 file\", \"album artist\", \"album name\"")
        return -1

    song_details  = sys.argv[1]
    main_mp3_file = sys.argv[2]
    album_artist  = sys.argv[3]
    album_name    = sys.argv[4]

    # opening the CSV file
    fp = csv.reader(open(song_details, 'r'), delimiter='|')

    song_list = []

    # getting the details of the 1st song
    first_song_details = next(fp)

    time_start = get_time(first_song_details)
    song_name = first_song_details[1]

    # counter to add at the beggining of the song name
    track_id = 1

    for row in fp:
        # getting the start time of the next song
        # which will be the end time of the current song
        next_song_start = get_time(row)

        time_end = next_song_start

        # creating the song name and removing leading spaces
        song_name = "%s" % (song_name.strip())

        song_list.append([time_start, time_end, track_id, song_name])

        # next song's name
        song_name = row[-1]

        # next song's track ID
        track_id += 1

        # next song's start time
        time_start = time_end

    # creating all the songs
    for row in song_list:
        make_songs(main_mp3_file, row[0], row[1], row[2], row[3], album_artist, album_name)

        print("[INFO] Song name {} created".format(row[3]))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()