Hello Mark!
You can batch convert the aac files to mp3. If you directory structure is
very consistent, you can do even the complete structure in one script. I thik
there is a direct aac decoder, but if you don't find one or someone else can
point you at it, mplayer will do the trick. For one directory this would be:
for F in *.aac; do
mplayer -ao pcm:file=$F.wav $F
lame -h $F.wav $F.mp3;
done
So in a bigger context, say you have all the albums resting in one place,
you might pack this loop into another:
for D in *; do
cd $D
for F in *.aac; do
[what you've seen before...]
mkdir /new/directory/$D
mv *.mp3 /new/directory/$d
rm *.wav
cd ..;
done
NOTE: This only works, if the directories and files don't have spaces in
them. You can usually quote the variables you use like "$D" and that should
help. But there were some cases - and please excuse me, if I don't remember
them right now, being late and having partied -, where even this didn't work
correctly. Mind you, I think this was using "find" somewhere in the euqation.
If you have artist/album, you wrap the for D in * loop in another saying:
for A in *; do
cd A
mkdir /new/directory/$A
for D in *; do;
...
cd ..;
done
NOTE2: You will losse the tags this way.
Oh and if you want to correct the filenames to not end in .aac.mp3 you can
use mmv:
mmv "*.aac.mp3" "#1.mp3"
in the for F in *.aac; do loop, as the last line. Don't forget to add the
semicolon.
Sorry, if this mail was rather upside down and round and round. I am a bit
fuzzy. Yet still I hope, that I could be of some assistence.
Kindly yours
Julien
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