<p>Welcome to video Stack Exchange. This is an interesting question, and one that I have asked myself in the past!</p>

<ul>
<li><p>If you are willing to spend money, check out the third-party Adobe plugin <a href="https://aescripts.com/awkward-pause/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Awkward Pause</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3WgEtSrhM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">click here for demo video</a>).</p></li>
<li><p>For a quick and dirty solution, you can try using <a href="https://github.com/evnb/vwrt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this command-line tool I made last semester for a class</a>. It is different from carykh's in the practical sense that it does not need to store png sequences of the images. (Therefore it requires less space.) </p>

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<li>For your purposes: keep the <code>first_speed = 1.0</code> and change the <code>second_speed</code> to a very high number, then compile in XCode. </li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

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2019-10-12T07:38:44.653Z
One more question: How do you run it? Do you run it in terminal?
Frodó Zsákos
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2019-10-17T01:26:11.897Z
_If you have trouble, try the following: 1) [Make sure you have ffmpeg installed](https://superuser.com/questions/624561/install-ffmpeg-on-os-x) 2) [Make sure ffmpeg is in your PATH](https://superuser.com/questions/324616/how-should-i-set-the-path-variable-on-my-mac-so-the-hombrew-installed-tools-are) 3) Make sure all the file names & directories you use have no spaces 4) If you have problems on windows/linux, try using a mac (the tool should work on anywhere you compile for but I only tested it on mac.)_ I will update the readme with this info. :)
evn
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@FrodóZsákos Yes. Once you have a compiled executable file, put it in a folder with the input video. Then you can run it from terminal in that directory with `./vidsum inputvideoname.mp4 outputvideoname.mp4`
evn
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2019-10-19T08:25:58.080Z
When I try to run ffmpeg this happens: `ffmpeg: command not found` can you help me with this one please?
Frodó Zsákos
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2019-10-21T04:00:12.493Z
@FrodóZsákos it sounds like either you don't have ffmpeg installed or it's not in your PATH. please follow the instructions in my other comment on this thread.
evn
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evn
<p>How can I keep the funny silent part of a video (sniffs, breathing,...)?
I found a solution <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ8orIurGxw&amp;t=354s" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, but is there another solution?
I mean: Can I do the same in a video editor?</p>

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How do you keep the silent part of a video?
Frodó Zsákos
# How do you keep the silent part of a video?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-10-10)

How can I keep the funny silent part of a video (sniffs, breathing,...)?
I found a solution [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ8orIurGxw&t=354s), but is there another solution?
I mean: Can I do the same in a video editor?

**Tags:** video, ffmpeg, premiere, video-editor, final-cut-pro-x


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-10-10. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Welcome to video Stack Exchange. This is an interesting question, and one that I have asked myself in the past!

* If you are willing to spend money, check out the third-party Adobe plugin [Awkward Pause](https://aescripts.com/awkward-pause/) ([click here for demo video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3WgEtSrhM)).
* For a quick and dirty solution, you can try using [this command-line tool I made last semester for a class](https://github.com/username_1b/vwrt). It is different from carykh's in the practical sense that it does not need to store png sequences of the images. (Therefore it requires less space.)

  + For your purposes: keep the `first_speed = 1.0` and change the `second_speed` to a very high number, then compile in XCode.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: One more question: How do you run it? Do you run it in terminal?  
> **username_1**: _If you have trouble, try the following: 1) [Make sure you have ffmpeg installed](https://superuser.com/questions/624561/install-ffmpeg-on-os-x) 2) [Make sure ffmpeg is in your PATH](https://superuser.com/questions/324616/how-should-i-set-the-path-variable-on-my-mac-so-the-hombrew-installed-tools-are) 3) Make sure all the file names & directories you use have no spaces 4) If you have problems on windows/linux, try using a mac (the tool should work on anywhere you compile for but I only tested it on mac.)_ I will update the readme with this info. :)  
> **username_1**: @FrodóZsákos Yes. Once you have a compiled executable file, put it in a folder with the input video. Then you can run it from terminal in that directory with `./vidsum inputvideoname.mp4 outputvideoname.mp4`  
> **username_0**: When I try to run ffmpeg this happens: `ffmpeg: command not found` can you help me with this one please?  
> **username_1**: @FrodóZsákos it sounds like either you don't have ffmpeg installed or it's not in your PATH. please follow the instructions in my other comment on this thread.  

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