From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxvKj-0005Hq-Ty for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:14:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 79B49E01D5; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:14:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.240]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0302BE01BE for ; Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:14:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so368285rvf.46 for ; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:14:53 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=kw7HeJYfyj13m5nVV8raArlB76/eFYsb+QS1vP/G9Ds=; b=nzfw7DhokveQv9T8EdOOeQBbx1wDBsRc+FiZolvrxhhUksh8vPQRuoL+fmSHWfGsSX EcblFpA4pqX9nxurssk+V9TL+kXYse0NlKTzEE5hGnF0N0I/LRPQthn81s9kMTVrLAr8 kayRp50Avj8uHVgK9o0VUNp6aNdwEquhwR/tA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=btBeFBLNedsszLwb36y/a/8GaitGWSyXSZd15K6iPNpwll8hNNAkL3IppR3lGaRjWL E2PiEsArSOm60NwmcGlYlVAgK3UuGzQgYpTrvIMbz81WBtS/C6l21J0fkyBFJK0lbo8R +4l2lnDxWXZ3sgTKANonzIwmvY2DrL6XWIAM8= Received: by 10.142.126.17 with SMTP id y17mr186988wfc.298.1225941293176; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:14:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.142.215.15 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:14:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0811051914p3ebee299ibfb47e32cbb9d463@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 19:14:53 -0800 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] FLAC to mp3 converters? In-Reply-To: <200811051914.58554.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0811041004k41ee926h9bba478c10c8117a@mail.gmail.com> <200811051914.58554.bulliver@badcomputer.org> X-Archives-Salt: 61efde93-7a61-4258-9859-3a3e4ba3ae17 X-Archives-Hash: 10944b2f1fb923013befe4b20e8b8778 On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:14 PM, darren kirby wrote: > quoth the Mark Knecht: >> Hi, >> I'm wondering if anyone has a good way to convert a large hierarcy >> of directories populated with FLAC files to a new set of directories >> using mp3 instead? The FLAC directory contains something like 20000 >> files so I need the converted structure to replicate the original. >> Most likely the tool has to be very tolerant of file naming, unicode, >> etc., as there are likely to be any number of strange things in there. > > CLI based, but very simple. It will mirror your directory structure and > preserve any meta-tags: http://badcomputer.org/unix/code/sneetchalizer/ > > Something like: > $ sneetchalizer -r -D /my/mp3s/ --in=flac --out=mp3 /my/flacs/ > > will do everything you specified above with one command. > > Ruby powered ;) > >> Thanks, >> Mark > > > HTH, > -d > -- > darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org > "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." > - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 > Darrin, Thanks. I'll give it a try. Cheers, Mark