Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 16:52:20 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Convert .flac and .ape to mp3 Message-ID: <20180106165220.b722e6f0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20180106063934.GA32231@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> References: <20180104163421.GA15692@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru> <20180104175156.440fa0c2.freebsd@edvax.de> <20180106063934.GA32231@admin.sibptus.transneft.ru>
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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) and splits the file into "tracks" that could then be renamed... > So eventually I will need to write a script to process all the *.ape > files, probably with bchunk. Which brings the following question. If > the file and directory names have spaces in them, a simple loop like > this: > > #!/bin/sh > for i in `find . -iname '*.ape'` > do > do_something $i > done > > breaks on spaces. > > What is the sh magic to handle such filenames? 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. :-) 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. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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