[SOLVED] Mass music file conversion

**nothingspecial** · July 9th, 2008

Don`t know if this is right forum but I`m pretty much a beginner at the terminal.

Ok here`s the thing. I have about 15,000 flac files on a externel harddrive
/media/disk/music/flac/
No problem I`ve rockboxed my iPod. However, my wife has an iPod that she doesn`t want rockboxing.
Now, I can

Code:

ffmpeg -i blah.flac blah.mp3

and I can

Code:

mv blah.mp3 /media/New\ Volume/music/mp3

Which is where I want them to go.

BUT this is abuot the extent of my Knowledge. How would I do the whole lot in one command.
Also I would want to keep the tags.
Also I would like to keep the folders and sub folders ie

Code:

/media/New\ Volume/music/mp3/AC-DC/Back\ In\ Black/01-Hells\ Bells.mp3

Not just 15,000 single mp3 files.

Can anyone help me do this?

Also but this is by no means essential because I can always rm them later. My wife hates the Grateful Dead and Judas Priest so can they be left out somehow.

Anyone who can help me do this would have my eternal gratitude and if I could give them 1,000,000 thanks I would.

**NovaAesa** · July 9th, 2008

I don't exactly know how to do this, but I am also interested in the same thing. I'll keep this thread in mind when I get around to fiddling around with it tommorow and post a solution if I can work it out (or borrow a solution if someone else here knows how to do it).

**chalewa** · July 9th, 2008

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...ight=flactomp3

just did this myself...

the script in this thread will solve your problem.

**nothingspecial** · July 9th, 2008

Absolutely (insert swear word of choice) excellent. You have my eternal gratitude and unfortunately because of the limitations of this forum only one thanks. You just made my day.