thanks, robert! that's just what i need. robin
On 12/6/05, Robert Citek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Dec 6, 2005, at 4:15 PM, Robin1229 wrote:
> > while we're sort of on the subject, scott mentioned he would tell me
> > what command to use to convert all the wav files in a folder to mp3
> > using lame. i figured out how to do a conversion on one file, but i
> > would like to do them all at the same time. thanks! robin
>
> >> On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Scott Granneman wrote:
> >>> lame captured.wav captured.mp3
> >>>
> >>> if you don't want to use lame, substitute oggenc.
>
> The idea is to create a list of wav files and then cycle through
> them, converting one at a time. For example,
>
> for file in *.wav ; do
> lame $file ${file%.wav}.mp3
> done
>
> The pattern "*.wav" creates the list.
> The for..do..done loop interates down the list, assigning a new name
> to the variable "file" each time.
> The "lame" command converts the files. The ${//} syntax changes the
> file ending from wav to mp3.
>
> Personally, I'd add two extra items:
>
> 1) a check to see if the mp3 already exists. If it does, move on
> the next wav file.
> 2) echo the lame command. This gives me a chance to review the
> commands before I commit to them.
>
> for file in *.wav ; do
> [ -f ${file%.wav}.mp3 ] && continue
> echo lame $file ${file%.wav}.mp3
> done | sh
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
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