From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jan 8 07:42:19 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 214A6E7DE4F for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 07:42:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (mail.sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B6D16E672 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 07:42:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.98.5_1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from [212.73.125.240] (HELO admin.sibptus.transneft.ru) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPS id 39907979; Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:37:28 +0600 Received: from admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w087gGef052814; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 14:42:16 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.transneft.ru (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w087gEuN052813; Mon, 8 Jan 2018 14:42:14 +0700 (+07) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.transneft.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 14:42:14 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: Polytropon Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Convert .flac and .ape to mp3 Message-ID: <20180108074214.GC52639@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180104163421.GA15692@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180104175156.440fa0c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180106063934.GA32231@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180106165220.b722e6f0.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180106165220.b722e6f0.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.dreamwidth.org/pubkey?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 07:42:19 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 13:39:34 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Polytropon wrote: > > > > What do you convert ape and flac audio files to mp3 with? > > > > > > > > multimedia/ffmpeg does not seem to support encoding to mp3 (only > > > > decoding), what else could I try? > > > > > > Huh? I'm using ffmpeg regularly to convert from mp4 or flv _to_ mp3, > > > this works quite well. Maybe you need to install an additional encoder, > > > plugin, or library if you're lacking mp3 support? > > > > > > % ffmpeg -i example.flv example.mp3 > > > > > > It does what it says on the can. Works for years. :-) > > > > > > With ffmpeg's mp3 support, you should be able to convert from flac > > > or ape in a similar manner. > > > > I'm somewhat disappointed because ffmpeg does not seem to be able to > > split flac/ape files according to cue file, or extract track names > > therefrom and insert them into the mp3 file. > > I wish there would be some "magical MP3 split" that acts upon > a specified silence (for example, 3 seconds) Theoretically you should not need to use magic when you have .cue files at hand. > and splits the > file into "tracks" that could then be renamed... and id3 tags written into them... > > There are two articles which I occassionally refer to, > indead of saying "don't use spaces". :-) > > David A. Wheeler: > Filenames and Pathnames in Shell: How to do it correctly > http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/filenames-in-shell.html > > David A. Wheeler: > Fixing Unix/Linux/POSIX Filenames: > Control Characters (such as Newline), Leading Dashes, and Other Problems > http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.html > > Those articles will provide you with the most robust > solution - and: no, just adding "quotes" isn't sufficient > in most cases. :-) Thanks, I'll read those. > > Also note: If you're starting to extract information from > an ID3 tag and want to turn that into a directory and filename > structure, you might find other characters than just spaces > that "misbehave" in shell context. At present I have an opposite task. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN AS43859