convertFlac

Covert flac files intelligently to mp3 using FLAC and LAME

python 2.7+, and python 3.3+

Features:

• automatically copies flac metadata to id3 tags
• accepts list of files or directories
• multi-core transcoding!
• semi-intelligent output directory parsing
• optional recursion
• folder cloning (for copying over .cue, cover.jpg, etc and maintaing folder structure)
• quick encoding options
• options for inplace transcoding
• Windows utf-8 error workarounds!

Requirements:

• docopt >= 0.6
• futures >= 2.2 (py 2.7)
• mutagen >= 1.0

Installation:

• Install flac
• Install lame (binaries here)
• Make sure both executables are in your path (eg: typing flac --version works)
• type python setup.py install
• or if you have pip: type pip install git+git://github.com/laharah/convertFlac

(For OS X I recommend using Homebrew to install LAME and FLAC)

Thats it!

Usage: convertFlac [options] [-o PATH] <SOURCES> ...

accepts flac files or directories, creating VO mp3 files from each flac.

Options:
  -h, --help             show this help message and exit

  --version              Display version info

  -o, --output=PATH      defines an output directory. If none is specified, mp3s will be
                         placed next to the original flacs

  --num-cores=N          defines the number of processing cores to use for concurrent
                         conversions. Defaults to using half of available cores. Also
                         accepts 'MAX' as an argument to use all availabe cores.

  --nice=N               Set process nice level for encoding/decoding [default: 10].

  Directory Options:
    These options are used for determining behavior when being passed a
    directory

    -c, --clone         makes a clone of given directories, copying non-flac
                        files and placing converted files in their correct
                        place. if no output path is defined, 'SOURCEPATH [MP3]'
                        will be used. Output directory must not already
                        exist. DOES NOT IMPLY '-r'.

    -r, --recursive     recurses through a directory looking for flac files to
                        convert. Often used in conjunction with '-c' to maintain
                        directory structure for converted files

    --folder-suffix SF  A suffix to append to cloned folders. ex " [V0]"

    --replace PAT       A sed type regex substitution string to be run on each
                        directory and file name (remember to escape regex control chars.)

    --delete-flacs      delete input flacs after transcode. Cleans up empty directories
                        as well. (use without "-c" or "-o" to simulate an inplace
                        transcode).

    -f, --overwrite     forces overwriting if files already exist.

  Custom Lame Settings:
    Options for customizing the settings lame will use to convert the flac
    files. Defaults to V0.

    -V n, --VBR n            Quick VBR setting (0-9), defaults to highest quality: 0

    -b n, --bitrate n        Quick constant bitrate setting in kbps (up to 320).

    --lame-args="[options]"  Options that will be passed through to the lame
                             encoder. Type "lame -h" to see lame options. Overrides
                             other lame settings. Be sure to encapsulate options
                             with quotes ex: "-p -V2 -a"