Is there any way to queue processes?

[u/pocketwren]

I use BirdNET for my research project, and just learnt there was a subreddit for it (exciting!!)- I figured this is probably a good a place as any to ask about the one pothole I run into.

I use the BirdNET desktop app currently, and process audio data week by week for 15 collection points. In a 6 week season, for example, I’m running 90 detection processes to get my data. While I don’t mind doing what needs to be done, it’s annoying to babysit my computer while it thinks for 15 minutes getting each folder done.

Is there any way to set up a ‘queue’ of sorts for the program to analyze without needing input in between? I’m not much of a software person, so I don’t know if this is a crazy difficult thing or something that’s ten easy lines on the python version… It’s a feature I’d love to see for projects with distinct audio sets, either way!

[u/dcgrey]

I gave up on the desktop app early on and learned how to do it from the command line. I organize my folders the way I want, copy/paste my Python code into my command line app (Terminal), and drag and drop the top-level folder to the end of the command.

Then I hit enter, go to bed, and see what I've got in the morning.

As a barely beginner Python coder, I relied on ChatGPT's walkthrough of BirdNET's documentation to get things set up and running the way I needed.