Robin Bowes Wrote: 
> Pat Farrell wrote:[color=blue]
> Aha! I too have a utility named flac2mp3.pl which, surprisingly enough,
> 
> converts flac files to mp3 format.
> 
> I wrote it for exactly the same situation - I store all my music in
> flac 
> format and needed to convert it to mp3 for my iPod.
> 
> My goal was to write something that I could just point at a directory 
> tree full of flac files and have it mirrored into a corresponding 
> directory structure full of mp3 files. I also only want to convert
> those 
> files that need converting, i.e. newly-added files. Finally, I didn't 
> want to have to re-transcode a file if only the tags have changed, so I
> 
> added a tags-only mode.
> 
> One of these days I'll get round to writing some documentation, but at
> 
> least it's got usage instructions now:
> 
> # flac2mp3
> Usage: flac2mp3 [--quiet] [--debug] [--tagsonly] [--force] <flacdir> 
> <mp3dir>
> --quiet         Disable informational output to stdout
> --debug         Enable debugging output. For developers only!
> --tagsonly      Don't do any transcoding - just update tags
> --force         Force transcoding and tag update even if not
> required
> 
> To use the script, you'll need the following:
> 
> flac
> lame
> Perl
> Perl modules:
> - Audio::FLAC::Header
> - MP3::Tag
> 
> Caveat: I've only tested it on Linux (Fedora Core 3), but it should
> work 
> OK on Windows if you can get Audio::FLAC::Header installed.
> 
> flac2mp3 is currently available here:
> 
> http://robinbowes.com/filemgmt/viewcat.php?cid=4
> 
Thanks very much for this Robin, I just downloaded it and as a newbie
to Perl worked out how to run it. Fantastic little utility.

One question: what LAME setting does it use for the MP3 files? Can
these be adjusted?

Many thanks again for such a convenient little util.

Regards, Ian


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