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