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I see that this is self-answered, but I disagree that the answer provided is the best way. The best way is to properly utilize the Unix philosophy, by decomposing the problem into simpler sub-probl...
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#2: Post edited
by
matthewsnyder
·
2023-06-11T23:29:55Z (11 months ago)
I see that this is a self-answer, but I disagree that the answer provided is the *best* way. The best way is to properly utilize the Unix philosophy, by decomposing the problem into simpler sub-problems.- It is probably not hard to figure out how to convert a single file `foo.flac` into `foo.mp3`. I'll use the other answer's command:
- ```
- ffmpeg -i foo.flac -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k foo.mp3
- ```
- Now you just need to get a list FLAC files and [apply the command to each one](https://linux.codidact.com/posts/288310#answer-288311):
- ```
- ls *.flac | parallel \
- ffmpeg -i {} -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k {.}.mp3
- ```
- I see that this is self-answered, but I disagree that the answer provided is the *best* way. The best way is to properly utilize the Unix philosophy, by decomposing the problem into simpler sub-problems.
- It is probably not hard to figure out how to convert a single file `foo.flac` into `foo.mp3`. I'll use the other answer's command:
- ```
- ffmpeg -i foo.flac -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k foo.mp3
- ```
- Now you just need to get a list FLAC files and [apply the command to each one](https://linux.codidact.com/posts/288310#answer-288311):
- ```
- ls *.flac | parallel \
- ffmpeg -i {} -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k {.}.mp3
- ```
#1: Initial revision
by
matthewsnyder
·
2023-06-11T23:29:33Z (11 months ago)
I see that this is a self-answer, but I disagree that the answer provided is the *best* way. The best way is to properly utilize the Unix philosophy, by decomposing the problem into simpler sub-problems.
It is probably not hard to figure out how to convert a single file `foo.flac` into `foo.mp3`. I'll use the other answer's command:
```
ffmpeg -i foo.flac -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k foo.mp3
```
Now you just need to get a list FLAC files and [apply the command to each one](https://linux.codidact.com/posts/288310#answer-288311):
```
ls *.flac | parallel \
ffmpeg -i {} -c:a libmp3lame -b:a 128k {.}.mp3
```