Re: [linux-audio-user] wav to mp3 (and ogg) converter

Hey y'all, I thought I'd jump back in and tell you what I came up with. Since I really do agree with those who spoke up thart Ogg is a better format, *AND* since so many of you were gracious with script suggestions, and since I have oodles of server space, I have easily added ogg conversion to my post-recording scripts. Here's how it goes. there are two scripts. The first one is called 'syncdailies' It removes old versions for me and then uses find to call the conversion script. (This happens in whatever directory I'm in when I invoke it.) Then it goes and rsyncs the 'Dailies' directory on my audio machine with the 'Dailies' directory on my webserver. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #!/bin/sh rm -f *old1.wav find . -name "*.wav" -print -exec wav2mp3nogg {} \; cd /directoryof/AllMusicProjects chmod -R 755 Dailies rsync -v --rsh=ssh -a Dailies me@myserver.net:/path-to-html/josmusic/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The conversion script is called 'wav2mp3nogg' It converts whatever.wav passed as the argument into the equivalent whatever.mp3 and whatever.ogg If the .mp3 or .ogg file already exists, it is skipped. That is, it is not converted again. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #wav2mp3 # converts from wav to mp3 and ogg # coreutils must be installed! input=$1 name=`basename "$input" .wav` dir=`dirname "$input"` mp3output="${name}.mp3" oggoutput="${name}.ogg" # Using lame: if test -f "$dir/$mp3output" then echo "$input not converted... $dir/$mp3output already exists!" else lame -h --vbr-new -b 80 -B 192 --ta Jos --ty `date +%Y` "$input" "$dir/$mp3output" fi # Using oggenc: if test -f "$dir/$oggoutput" then echo "$input not converted... $dir/$oggoutput already exists!" else oggenc -q 5 "$input" fi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I hope this is helpful to someone else. And huge thanks to everybody who helped me put together this small but important piece of my system. May all your recordings have no xruns! Peace, ~Jos~