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 -- ianjohnson_nz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ianjohnson_nz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1870 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14697 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
