Thanks everyone for all your help.  The script looks very cool indeed,
but sadly I'm running with a Windows setup :(  I don't yet have any
Linux machines, so can't even run the script from a remote location and
point it at a samba share...

In my situation, perhaps dBpoweramp - though I'm hoping to not have to
recode everything, since I'm fairly sure that the majority is already
at best compression.  I only recently (ish) started using FLAC, so all
re-rips have been done with 1.1.2 or higher.

Is there any utility - perhaps similar to flacetester - that can scan
through files and see if best compression is already done and then:

1.  if best compression, skip to next FLAC file
2.  if not best compression, re-encode or 'compress further' (if
possible).

You're right about the compression though - I've currently only got
around 40-50GB FLAC (the rest is still MP3) so the space saving will be
minimal at this stage.  But as I continue to re-rip, I'm expecting to
get several hundred GBs of FLAC.  I'm hoping to ensure best possible
compression just to make sure I'm getting best use of my disks :) 
(Even if this means I only get back the equivalent of a few CD singles
in disk space)

Cheers again!
Dan.


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Slimserver 6.5.1 +MusicIP Mixer 1.7.1 +MoodLogic 2.7.1.18 +AlienBBC
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Windows 2000 Professional sp4
Intel Celeron 1.4GHz
512MB RAM
Squeezebox 3 wireless (Player Firmware Version: 55)
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