May 15, 2013 00:05 · May 15, 2013
diff --git a/convertToMp3.sh b/convertToMp3.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Converts a list of files to mp3 format
+# uses avconv, and requires ubuntu-restricted-extras package for the libmp3lame encoder.
+
+# Example usage of this script:
+# ./[scriptname] ./file_list.txt
+
+# Notes on this script:
+# - !!!IT DELETES THE INPUT FILE!!! (you can remove the line below in the do loop that rm's the input file)
+# - Specifies max bitrate of 192k
+# - Uses mp3 tags version id3v2.3, not the default 2.4 version. This makes it more compatible, especially
+#   with Windows.
+
+# To create a list of files, use a command similar to this find command, which searches the current
+# directory (.), for files that have a name ending in ".wma" (example for converting WMA to MP3):
+
+# find . -type f | grep -e "\.wma$" > file_list.txt
+
+
+# -- Begin Script -- #
+file_list=$1
+
+while read input_file;
+do
+  output_file="$(echo $input_file | head -c -5).mp3"
+  avconv -y -i "$input_file" -maxrate 192k -acodec libmp3lame -id3v2_version 3 "$output_file"
+  rm "$input_file"
+done < $file_list