pbojinov
10/20/2017 - 6:44 PM

shell script to convert all wav files in the current working directory to mp3 files using ffmpeg

shell script to convert all wav files in the current working directory to mp3 files using ffmpeg

convert_wav_to_mp3.sh
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#!/bin/bash
FILES=*.wav
for f in $FILES
do
  # echo "Processing ${f/.wav/.mp3} file..." 
  echo "Processing $f file..." 
  ffmpeg -i "$f" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 0 "${f/.wav/.mp3}"
  # take action on each file. $f store current file name
  # cat $f
done

# Source:
# file looping - https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/bash-loop-over-file/
# string manipulation - http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html
# ffmpeg mp3 encoding guide - https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Encode/MP3