Command · Remove Silences

timeline.removeSilences

Ripple-deletes a list of time ranges (e.g. silences found in a transcript) in one step.

• v1
• Capability EditSequence
• Tool timeline_removeSilences

Request

{
  "command": "timeline.removeSilences",
  "params": {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "end": "00:00:02:20",
        "start": "00:00:01:10"
      },
      {
        "end": "00:00:07:15",
        "start": "00:00:07:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Parameters

rangesobject[], min 1Required

Ranges to remove, in sequence time, any order.

ranges[].endinteger | stringRequired

Range end (exclusive). Timecode in the sequence's rate ("00:01:02:03") or ticks.

ranges[].startinteger | stringRequired

Range start. Timecode in the sequence's rate ("00:01:02:03") or ticks.

sequenceinteger (1..)

Sequence id; only needed when the project has several.

tracks(string | integer (1..))[]

Tracks to remove the ranges from. Default: all tracks.

Discussion

Run it with wabcut-cli cmd <project> --json, from an MCP client as timeline_removeSilences, or from an extension. See Edit commands for requests, references and results.