convert flac to mp3

flac2mp3.sh

#!/bin/bash

# [all variants] Converting a directory of flac to mp3 320 with ffmpeg
# http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1096665
# 
# Convert Flac to Mp3 - ArchWiki
# https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Convert_Flac_to_Mp3
# 
# Bash script to convert all *flac to *.mp3 with FFmpeg? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
# http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114908/bash-script-to-convert-all-flac-to-mp3-with-ffmpeg
# 
# Converting FLAC files to MP3 with FFmpeg and Bash — Mark P. Lindhout’s Flamepit
# https://blogs.fsfe.org/marklindhout/2012/11/converting-flac-files-to-mp3-with-ffmpeg-and-bash/
# 
# Lewis' house of joy and joyness: Converting Flac to Mp3 (or other formats)
# http://lewisdiamond.blogspot.com.eg/2012/01/converting-flac-to-mp3.html


# for a in ./*.flac; do
#   ffmpeg -i "$a" -qscale:a 0 "${a[@]/%flac/mp3}"
# done



(for FILE in *.flac ; do ffmpeg -y -i "$FILE" -f mp3 -ab 192000 "`basename "$FILE" .flac`.mp3" || break; done)