Audio Streaming Engine

On-the-fly audio processing server. Think Thumbor / Imagor, but for audio.

Process audio files through URL parameters — apply effects, convert formats, slice, reverse, and stream the result back in real time.

Quick Start

# Default build with filesystem storage
cargo run

# Process audio via URL
curl "http://localhost:8080/unsafe/sample.mp3?reverse=true&fade_in=1&speed=0.8"

# Get audio metadata
curl "http://localhost:8080/meta/unsafe/sample.mp3"

MCP Integration (Connect to LLMs)

See MCP README

How It Works

GET /unsafe/AUDIO_URL?effect1=value&effect2=value

The server fetches the audio, builds an FFmpeg filter chain from the query parameters, processes it, caches the result, and streams it back.

/HASH|unsafe/AUDIO?param1=value1&param2=value2&...

• HASH — URL signature hash, or unsafe for development
• AUDIO — audio URI (local file or remote URL)

Supported Parameters

Format & Encoding

• format — Output format (mp3, wav, etc.)
• codec — Audio codec
• sample_rate — Sample rate in Hz
• channels — Number of audio channels
• bit_rate — Bit rate in kbps
• bit_depth — Bit depth
• quality — Encoding quality (0.0–1.0)
• compression_level — Compression level

Time Operations

• start_time — Start time in seconds
• duration — Duration in seconds
• speed — Playback speed multiplier
• reverse — Reverse audio (true/false)

Volume Operations

• volume — Volume adjustment multiplier
• normalize — Normalize audio levels (true/false)
• normalize_level — Target normalization level in dB

Audio Effects

• lowpass / highpass / bandpass — Filter cutoff frequencies
• bass / treble — Boost/cut levels
• echo / chorus / flanger / phaser / tremolo — Effect parameters
• compressor — Compressor parameters
• noise_reduction — Noise reduction parameters

Fades

• fade_in / fade_out — Duration in seconds
• cross_fade — Cross-fade duration in seconds

Advanced

• custom_filters — Custom FFmpeg filter parameters
• custom_options — Custom FFmpeg options
• tags — Metadata tags (as tag_NAME=VALUE)

Endpoints

Preview Parameters — /params

curl "http://localhost:8080/params/unsafe/sample.mp3?reverse=true&fade_in=1"

Audio Metadata — /meta

curl "http://localhost:8080/meta/unsafe/sample.mp3"

Storage Backends

• Local File System (filesystem feature — default)
• AWS S3 / MinIO (s3 feature)
• Google Cloud Storage (gcs feature)

cargo build --features filesystem   # default
cargo build --features gcs
cargo build --features s3
cargo build --features "filesystem,gcs"

Configuration

Uses YAML config files + environment variable overrides.

• config/base.yml — Base configuration
• config/local.yml — Development
• config/production.yml — Production

Environment variables: APP_SECTION__KEY=value (e.g., APP_APPLICATION__PORT=8080)

See full configuration docs for details.

Development

just dev          # Run with auto-reload
just test         # Run tests
just bench        # Run benchmarks
just lint         # Clippy
just fmt          # Format
just check        # Full check: fmt, lint, build, test