flac2ogg.py :: FLAC to Ogg Vorbis Converter

Overview

If you're like me, you store valuable audio content in a compressed, lossless format whenever possible, right? I use FLAC.

For many playback situations, the FLAC format is perfectly acceptable. However, there are circumstances when it's more appropriate to put a smaller file size and less CPU-intensive audio format on a portable device (even if FLAC is supported).

flac2ogg.py: What Does It Do?

Of course it transcodes a FLAC file to an Ogg Vorbis file; that's no big deal. So why this script?

• Convert an entire directory of *.flac files to ogg format with a single command.
• All the FLAC files' meta data are carried over to the new ogg files.

Documentation

From the command line:

$ flac2ogg.py --help
Usage: flac2ogg.py [options]

Options:
  --version    show program's version number and exit
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -d FLAC_DIR  Set full path (with or without trailing slash)
               to flac directory: $ flac2ogg.py -d /music/bartok/concertos/
               Current directory is used if -d switch omitted
  -b BITRATE   Specify ogg file bitrate encoding: $ flac2ogg.py -b 128
               Default bitrate is 256 if -b switch omitted

Examples

Convert a single directory of flac files into ogg format at default bitrate of 256kbs:

$ flac2ogg.py -d /music/Stereolab/MargerineEclipse/

Convert a directory of flac files into ogg format at 128kbs:

$ flac2ogg.py -b 128 -d /music/Stravinsky/Petrouchka/

Converted ogg files are created in the current directory.

Download

flac2ogg.py_v1.1.tar.gz
md5sum: 87b2987ae7a566d33205ada47049dd32

Put the extracted flac2ogg.py file in your path and make it executable.

Requirements

flac2ogg.py stands on the shoulders of giants:

• Linux & Python
• FLAC command line tools: sudo apt-get install flac
• Ogg Vorbis tools: sudo apt-get install vorbis-tools
• mutagen: sudo apt-get install python-mutagen
• tagpy: sudo apt-get install python-tagpy

You can enhance and improve flac2ogg.py at the GitHub repository.

Addendum

flac2mp3.py will be forthcoming.

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