Script the Removal of Blank MP3 Files with Python [Repost from my UT Blog]

I have come across the need to programmatically remove MP3 files containing no sound, but of some size. Here is the code I am using, the code will search all sub directories, and evaluate the max sample value. If the max sample value, it will delete the mp3.

Since this uses the pydub library, other values for the mp3 files can be evaluated as well.

from pydub import AudioSegment
import os
import fnmatch

def findAllDeadMP3(toDelete):
    for dirpath, dirnames, files in os.walk('.'):
        #Iterate through files and folders in the current directory
        for file_name in files:
            #Iterate through the files in the current directory
            if fnmatch.fnmatch(file_name,'*.mp3'):
                #If the file is an mp3, find its full path
                pathtofile = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(dirpath,file_name))
                print("Looking at: ", pathtofile)
                #Look at the size of the file in bytes, had an issue with small corrupted files
                sizeoffile = os.stat(pathtofile).st_size
                if sizeoffile > 1000:
                    sound = AudioSegment.from_file(pathtofile, format="mp3")
                    SampMax = sound.max
                    print(file_name, "is a mp3, and its loudest sample is: ", SampMax)
                    if SampMax == :
                        toDelete.append(pathtofile)
                else:
                    toDelete.append(pathtofile)

def DeleteFiles(toDelete):
    for path in toDelete:
        if os.path.exists(path):
            os.remove(path)
            print("Removing: ", path)
        else:
            print("The file does not exist") 

IsDead = list()
findAllDeadMP3(IsDead)
DeleteFiles(IsDead)

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