Here is a shell script that will make the convertion if the mp3 file
does not exist:
Yo can save it as /usr/bin/wav2mp3 as root. Remember to convert it to
executable with: chmod a+x /usr/bin/wav2mp3
Then you can use the find command as:
find . -name "*.wav" -print -exec wav2mp3 {} \;
Jan Depner wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 15:11, Jos Laake wrote:
>
>>Re: mp3 vs. ogg...
>>
>>Several people have written suggesting I use ogg Vorbis
>>instead of mp3. I really do get that. I'm not into the
>>whole 'bleed-em-dry-with-a-proprietary-format' routine.
>>And it is my intention to move toward making my recordings
>>available in .ogg format as well. And! This little command
>>line from Jan Depner is *GREAT*! :
>>
>> > find . -name "*.wav" -print -exec oggenc -q 5 {} \;
>
>
> Same for mp3 with bladeenc:
>
> find . -name "*.wav" -print -exec bladeenc -br 160 {} \;
>
>
>
> http://bladeenc.mp3.no/
>
>
> Trust the source Luke!
>
> Jan
>
>
>
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# wav2mp3
# converts from mp3 to wav
# coreutils must be installed!
input=$1
name=`basename "$input" .wav`
dir=`dirname "$input"
output="${name}.mp3"
# Using lame:
if test -f "$dir/$output"
then echo "$input not converted... $dir/$output already exists!"
else lame -h "$input" "$dir/$output"
fi
