Add pad_or_trim function to handle segment before encoding (#705)

faster_whisper/audio.py

@@ -102,3 +102,18 @@ def _resample_frames(frames, resampler):
     # Add None to flush the resampler.
     for frame in itertools.chain(frames, [None]):
         yield from resampler.resample(frame)
+
+
+def pad_or_trim(array, length: int, *, axis: int = -1):
+    """
+    Pad or trim the audio array to N_SAMPLES, as expected by the encoder.
+    """
+    if array.shape[axis] > length:
+        array = array.take(indices=range(length), axis=axis)
+
+    if array.shape[axis] < length:
+        pad_widths = [(0, 0)] * array.ndim
+        pad_widths[axis] = (0, length - array.shape[axis])
+        array = np.pad(array, pad_widths)
+
+    return array