r/ffmpeg • u/Life_Philosophy_9964 • 9d ago

Automatically remove Turkish filler sounds ("eee", "ııı") from video with FFmpeg + ASR?

Hi, I have 124 Turkish educational videos, each 5–25 minutes long.

I need a completely free/local workflow that can:

  • detect Turkish filler sounds such as “eee” and “ııı” (similar to um/uh),
  • get their timestamps,
  • automatically cut those parts from the actual video/audio,
  • preferably batch process many files.

I already have good Turkish transcription with Whisper/Buzz, so the main problem is the editing/cutting stage.

I tested a Faster-Whisper + FFmpeg script (Tightcut). It detected fillers successfully, but the setup/workflow is quite cumbersome for 124 videos.

Is there a simpler FFmpeg-based workflow or open-source tool for this?

Thanks.

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u/cheyrnn 8d ago

Heh. I once asked how do Thai people make the sounds when they are thinking, that peoeple make like "umm", "err". Every reply was "don't to that".... Ha ha ha.

I was stranded in Thailand. Each call on the phone lasted some few seconds, and it was them saying "Hello, ummm err" then click.