Convert FLAC files to OGG Vorbis

Are there any Linux tools for transcoding and syncing music directories?

I encode my music to FLAC, which I keep on an external hard drive. Some time ago I transcoded this collection to OGG Vorbis, in a different directory. Since then I have added to the FLAC collection. I am looking for a tool that scans my main (FLAC) collection and transcodes any new additions into the smaller (Vorbis) collection.

What I have in mind is something that worked like Unison or Rsync (but was able to ignore the fact that the files are in different formats) but also transcoded during the copy process.

Are there any tools that do something like this?

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

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I use a python program to walk over the tree of MP3 file to move any FLAC files out (since Picard puts FLAC and MP3) togehter, then walk the FLAC tree and convert them if the target MP3 does not exists (FLAC to temporary WAV to LAME), while preserving the ID3 tags that are in the FLAC file. The script is relatively simple, but I couldn't find anything that did all of that automatically from the commandline.
– Anthon
Apr 22 '14 at 17:32

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Are there any Linux tools for transcoding and syncing music directories?

What I have in mind is something that worked like Unison or Rsync (but was able to ignore the fact that the files are in different formats) but also transcoded during the copy process.

Are there any tools that do something like this?

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

landroni

3,18082237

asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

I use a python program to walk over the tree of MP3 file to move any FLAC files out (since Picard puts FLAC and MP3) togehter, then walk the FLAC tree and convert them if the target MP3 does not exists (FLAC to temporary WAV to LAME), while preserving the ID3 tags that are in the FLAC file. The script is relatively simple, but I couldn't find anything that did all of that automatically from the commandline.
– Anthon
Apr 22 '14 at 17:32

add a comment |

Are there any Linux tools for transcoding and syncing music directories?

What I have in mind is something that worked like Unison or Rsync (but was able to ignore the fact that the files are in different formats) but also transcoded during the copy process.

Are there any tools that do something like this?

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

landroni

3,18082237

asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

Are there any Linux tools for transcoding and syncing music directories?

What I have in mind is something that worked like Unison or Rsync (but was able to ignore the fact that the files are in different formats) but also transcoded during the copy process.

Are there any tools that do something like this?

conversion flac vorbis

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

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asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

landroni

3,18082237

asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

landroni

3,18082237

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

landroni

3,18082237

edited Dec 25 '14 at 16:36

landroni

3,18082237

asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

asked Apr 22 '14 at 15:50

user65870

4112

I use a python program to walk over the tree of MP3 file to move any FLAC files out (since Picard puts FLAC and MP3) togehter, then walk the FLAC tree and convert them if the target MP3 does not exists (FLAC to temporary WAV to LAME), while preserving the ID3 tags that are in the FLAC file. The script is relatively simple, but I couldn't find anything that did all of that automatically from the commandline.
– Anthon
Apr 22 '14 at 17:32

add a comment |

I use a python program to walk over the tree of MP3 file to move any FLAC files out (since Picard puts FLAC and MP3) togehter, then walk the FLAC tree and convert them if the target MP3 does not exists (FLAC to temporary WAV to LAME), while preserving the ID3 tags that are in the FLAC file. The script is relatively simple, but I couldn't find anything that did all of that automatically from the commandline.
– Anthon
Apr 22 '14 at 17:32

I use a python program to walk over the tree of MP3 file to move any FLAC files out (since Picard puts FLAC and MP3) togehter, then walk the FLAC tree and convert them if the target MP3 does not exists (FLAC to temporary WAV to LAME), while preserving the ID3 tags that are in the FLAC file. The script is relatively simple, but I couldn't find anything that did all of that automatically from the commandline.
– Anthon
Apr 22 '14 at 17:32

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You can use a graphical converter like soundconverter. However, since you need to add it to the ogg collection, I believe you might be looking for some command line solutions. You can probably try,

ffmpeg -i musicfile.flac musicfile.ogg

Or even,

find . -name "*flac" -exec oggenc -q 7 {} ;

Once, you have identified an efficient way for file conversion, doing a rsync based on difference of files would be the next step to go.

Sources

Ubuntu Forum

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

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See here for how to retain ID3 tags.
– Raphael
Feb 1 '17 at 22:13

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Try this bash script:

EXT=flac

for file in *.${EXT}; do

   if [ ! -e ${file%.flac}.ogg ]; then          

        ffmpeg -i ${file} -qscale:a 6 ${file%.flac}.ogg

   fi

done

edited Sep 20 '17 at 20:53

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

This does transcodes all files, not just the new ones added (which is what the OP asked)
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 16:14

@Anthon Right, but neither does Ramesh's answer. If you downvote this one, you should downvote both.
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 16:37

@xhienne I don't understand your reference to downvoting, what are you referring to? This post is not downvoted. I just reviewed this answer from the review queue and commented, and that is not the same as downvoting.
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 17:00

Sorry Anthon, it was downvoted at the time I wrote this and I believed it was your vote. The downvote has gone since
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 21:26

1

You'll need to enclose all variables in quotes to correctly handle files with spaces in their names.
– grifferz
Apr 13 at 20:49

|
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I use acxi, which does basically exactly what the op wants. Syncs flac directories to ogg (or mp3 or opus) directories, including copying over whatever other files I want, like jpg, txt, png, etc.

https://github.com/smxi/acxi

Simple perl script, with configurations, options, etc.

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You can use a graphical converter like soundconverter. However, since you need to add it to the ogg collection, I believe you might be looking for some command line solutions. You can probably try,

ffmpeg -i musicfile.flac musicfile.ogg

Or even,

find . -name "*flac" -exec oggenc -q 7 {} ;

Once, you have identified an efficient way for file conversion, doing a rsync based on difference of files would be the next step to go.

Sources

Ubuntu Forum

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

See here for how to retain ID3 tags.
– Raphael
Feb 1 '17 at 22:13

add a comment |

You can use a graphical converter like soundconverter. However, since you need to add it to the ogg collection, I believe you might be looking for some command line solutions. You can probably try,

ffmpeg -i musicfile.flac musicfile.ogg

Or even,

find . -name "*flac" -exec oggenc -q 7 {} ;

Once, you have identified an efficient way for file conversion, doing a rsync based on difference of files would be the next step to go.

Sources

Ubuntu Forum

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

See here for how to retain ID3 tags.
– Raphael
Feb 1 '17 at 22:13

add a comment |

You can use a graphical converter like soundconverter. However, since you need to add it to the ogg collection, I believe you might be looking for some command line solutions. You can probably try,

ffmpeg -i musicfile.flac musicfile.ogg

Or even,

find . -name "*flac" -exec oggenc -q 7 {} ;

Once, you have identified an efficient way for file conversion, doing a rsync based on difference of files would be the next step to go.

Sources

Ubuntu Forum

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

You can use a graphical converter like soundconverter. However, since you need to add it to the ogg collection, I believe you might be looking for some command line solutions. You can probably try,

ffmpeg -i musicfile.flac musicfile.ogg

Or even,

find . -name "*flac" -exec oggenc -q 7 {} ;

Once, you have identified an efficient way for file conversion, doing a rsync based on difference of files would be the next step to go.

Sources

Ubuntu Forum

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

answered Apr 22 '14 at 16:14

Ramesh

23.1k32101181

See here for how to retain ID3 tags.
– Raphael
Feb 1 '17 at 22:13

add a comment |

See here for how to retain ID3 tags.
– Raphael
Feb 1 '17 at 22:13

See here for how to retain ID3 tags.
– Raphael
Feb 1 '17 at 22:13

add a comment |

Try this bash script:

EXT=flac

for file in *.${EXT}; do

   if [ ! -e ${file%.flac}.ogg ]; then          

        ffmpeg -i ${file} -qscale:a 6 ${file%.flac}.ogg

   fi

done

edited Sep 20 '17 at 20:53

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

This does transcodes all files, not just the new ones added (which is what the OP asked)
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 16:14

@Anthon Right, but neither does Ramesh's answer. If you downvote this one, you should downvote both.
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 16:37

@xhienne I don't understand your reference to downvoting, what are you referring to? This post is not downvoted. I just reviewed this answer from the review queue and commented, and that is not the same as downvoting.
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 17:00

Sorry Anthon, it was downvoted at the time I wrote this and I believed it was your vote. The downvote has gone since
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 21:26

1

You'll need to enclose all variables in quotes to correctly handle files with spaces in their names.
– grifferz
Apr 13 at 20:49

|
show 1 more comment

Try this bash script:

EXT=flac

for file in *.${EXT}; do

   if [ ! -e ${file%.flac}.ogg ]; then          

        ffmpeg -i ${file} -qscale:a 6 ${file%.flac}.ogg

   fi

done

edited Sep 20 '17 at 20:53

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

This does transcodes all files, not just the new ones added (which is what the OP asked)
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 16:14

@Anthon Right, but neither does Ramesh's answer. If you downvote this one, you should downvote both.
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 16:37

@xhienne I don't understand your reference to downvoting, what are you referring to? This post is not downvoted. I just reviewed this answer from the review queue and commented, and that is not the same as downvoting.
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 17:00

Sorry Anthon, it was downvoted at the time I wrote this and I believed it was your vote. The downvote has gone since
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 21:26

1

You'll need to enclose all variables in quotes to correctly handle files with spaces in their names.
– grifferz
Apr 13 at 20:49

|
show 1 more comment

Try this bash script:

EXT=flac

for file in *.${EXT}; do

   if [ ! -e ${file%.flac}.ogg ]; then          

        ffmpeg -i ${file} -qscale:a 6 ${file%.flac}.ogg

   fi

done

edited Sep 20 '17 at 20:53

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

Try this bash script:

EXT=flac

for file in *.${EXT}; do

   if [ ! -e ${file%.flac}.ogg ]; then          

        ffmpeg -i ${file} -qscale:a 6 ${file%.flac}.ogg

   fi

done

edited Sep 20 '17 at 20:53

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

edited Sep 20 '17 at 20:53

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

answered Sep 19 '17 at 15:34

daloonik

435

This does transcodes all files, not just the new ones added (which is what the OP asked)
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 16:14

@Anthon Right, but neither does Ramesh's answer. If you downvote this one, you should downvote both.
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 16:37

@xhienne I don't understand your reference to downvoting, what are you referring to? This post is not downvoted. I just reviewed this answer from the review queue and commented, and that is not the same as downvoting.
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 17:00

Sorry Anthon, it was downvoted at the time I wrote this and I believed it was your vote. The downvote has gone since
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 21:26

1

You'll need to enclose all variables in quotes to correctly handle files with spaces in their names.
– grifferz
Apr 13 at 20:49

|
show 1 more comment

This does transcodes all files, not just the new ones added (which is what the OP asked)
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 16:14

@Anthon Right, but neither does Ramesh's answer. If you downvote this one, you should downvote both.
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 16:37

@xhienne I don't understand your reference to downvoting, what are you referring to? This post is not downvoted. I just reviewed this answer from the review queue and commented, and that is not the same as downvoting.
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 17:00

Sorry Anthon, it was downvoted at the time I wrote this and I believed it was your vote. The downvote has gone since
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 21:26

1

You'll need to enclose all variables in quotes to correctly handle files with spaces in their names.
– grifferz
Apr 13 at 20:49

This does transcodes all files, not just the new ones added (which is what the OP asked)
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 16:14

@Anthon Right, but neither does Ramesh's answer. If you downvote this one, you should downvote both.
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 16:37

@xhienne I don't understand your reference to downvoting, what are you referring to? This post is not downvoted. I just reviewed this answer from the review queue and commented, and that is not the same as downvoting.
– Anthon
Sep 19 '17 at 17:00

Sorry Anthon, it was downvoted at the time I wrote this and I believed it was your vote. The downvote has gone since
– xhienne
Sep 19 '17 at 21:26

You'll need to enclose all variables in quotes to correctly handle files with spaces in their names.
– grifferz
Apr 13 at 20:49

|
show 1 more comment

I use acxi, which does basically exactly what the op wants. Syncs flac directories to ogg (or mp3 or opus) directories, including copying over whatever other files I want, like jpg, txt, png, etc.

https://github.com/smxi/acxi

Simple perl script, with configurations, options, etc.

answered yesterday

Lizardx

1,621510

add a comment |

I use acxi, which does basically exactly what the op wants. Syncs flac directories to ogg (or mp3 or opus) directories, including copying over whatever other files I want, like jpg, txt, png, etc.

https://github.com/smxi/acxi

Simple perl script, with configurations, options, etc.

answered yesterday

Lizardx

1,621510

add a comment |

I use acxi, which does basically exactly what the op wants. Syncs flac directories to ogg (or mp3 or opus) directories, including copying over whatever other files I want, like jpg, txt, png, etc.

https://github.com/smxi/acxi

Simple perl script, with configurations, options, etc.

answered yesterday

Lizardx

1,621510

I use acxi, which does basically exactly what the op wants. Syncs flac directories to ogg (or mp3 or opus) directories, including copying over whatever other files I want, like jpg, txt, png, etc.

https://github.com/smxi/acxi

Simple perl script, with configurations, options, etc.

answered yesterday

Lizardx

1,621510

answered yesterday

Lizardx

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answered yesterday

Lizardx

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