flac2mp3 & m4a2mp3

[GekkoP]

I like having all my music collection in mp3 format, otherwise some mp3 readers complain. So these two scripts come in handy when I put my hands on flac/m4a records. First one is not mine, but I don't remember where it comes from. Dependencies, IIRC: ffmpeg, libavcodec-extra-53

flac2mp3

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#!/bin/bash
# flac2mp3: convert flac files in the working directory to mp3 320kbps

for FILE in *.flac ; do
    ffmpeg -i "$FILE" -f mp3 -ab 320000 "`basename "$FILE" .flac`.mp3" || break;
done

m4a2mp3

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#!/bin/bash
# m4a2mp3: convert m4a files in the working directory to mp3 320kbps
for FILE in *.m4a ; do
    ffmpeg -i "$FILE" -f mp3 -ab 320000 "`basename "$FILE" .m4a`.mp3" || break;
done

I know they could probably be made into one script offering the format selection, but I'm lazy and I needed something quick and dirty.

[dkeg]

nice GP! I have one too to add to this. Like you, don't remember where I picked it up. I should do better noting these things to give props to the right person. Anyway, I found this in necessity to convert all my files. It worked great. I have it in my github/scripts. Listed as convert3.sh

[rhowaldt]

cool gekko, thanks!