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avp(1) General Commands Manual avp(1)

NAME

avp - create video from audio files

SYNOPSIS

avp [options] file...

DESCRIPTION

avp (audio-visualizer-python) is a little GUI tool which creates an audio visualization video from an input audio file. Different components can be added and layered to change the resulting video and add images, videos, gradients, text, etc. Encoding options can be changed with a variety of different output containers.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

Show summary of options.
input audio file.
output video file.
use input and output files from project file if -i or -o is missing.
copy and shorten recent log files into ~/avp_log.txt
create bigger logfiles while program is running
first arg must be component NAME to insert at LAYER. "help" for information about possible args for a component.
disable live preview during export
January 13 2026