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On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Paul Hartman |
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<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 12:46 PM, Andrew Gaydenko <a@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> 2008/11/4 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>: |
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>>> > Hi, |
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>>> > I'm wondering if anyone has a good way to convert a large hierarcy |
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>>> > of directories populated with FLAC files to a new set of directories |
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>>> > using mp3 instead? The FLAC directory contains something like 20000 |
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>>> > files so I need the converted structure to replicate the original. |
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>>> > Most likely the tool has to be very tolerant of file naming, unicode, |
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>>> > etc., as there are likely to be any number of strange things in there. |
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>>> > Possibly something in perl or, for the likes of me, even something GUI |
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>>> > based. |
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>> GUI-based: media-sound/soundkonverter |
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> Try also media-sound/soundconverter for a gnome version |
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I tried this. It converts a single album correctly but fails horribly |
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at collections of dozens and dozens of directories. It seems to get |
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very confused. |
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I guess I'll try the KDE version to see if it works any better. |
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Thanks for the help, |
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Mark |