[Flac-dev] Re: FLAC to mp3 batch converter?

[Robin Pollard]

Hi Christian,

There is a perl script called rip (rip.sourceforge.net) that I was
looking to alter for a similar requirment (flacs at home -> mp3s
on laptop).  I patched flac support into it for the encoder a couple
of months ago.

At the moment it uses cdparanoia to rip from CD but should not be
hard to add flac as an alternative 'ripper' to make wavs and then
you can use the encoder of your choice on the wav.

If I get time to write the patch to rip from flac to mp3 I will send
you a copy but don't hold your breath :)

Cheers,
Robin.

> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 17:32:04 -0800 (PST)
> From: Christian Lambert <clambert at sgi.com>
> To: flac-dev at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Flac-dev] FLAC to mp3 batch converter?
> 
> 
> I'm just wondering if someone wrote a perl script to convert
> a directory with flac files into mp3 and preserving the id3 tag
> from flac to mp3? 
> 
> I have two harddrives where I keep my favorite CDs in flac and
> others in mp3 but 
> when I get tired of them, I move them into mp3 and rather than
> popping the
> original CD in, it might be easier to just convert from flac to
> mp3 directly.
> 
> Please cc me on your reply.  clambert at sgi.com
> 
> Let me know