I have alot of music that I want to encode using lame, but don't want to repetitively type the commands. How can I do this?

I use the mlame script below. It works great for me never had a problem...

1. Copy/Paste save as 'mlame'

2. Make it executable:
chmod -x mlame

3. Put to use from command line:
./mlame -r -o "-v -V 0 -b 128" *.wav *.mp3

WARNING: the original .wav becomes .mp3

#!/bin/bash
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
############################################################################
#
# Run the LAME encoder on multiple files, with option to delete .wav files
# after encoding. "mlame -h" will give instructions.
#
# Robert Hegemann <Robert.Hegemann@gmx.de>
#
############################################################################

mp3coder="lame"
options="-h -d -m j -b 128"
rmsrc=false

helptext="\
\nThis script runs the LAME mp3 encoder on multiple files: \n\n\
$0 [options] <file 1> ... <file n>\n\
\n\
options:\n\
-h this help text\n\
-r remove files after encoding\n\
-o \"<lame options>\" overrides script default options \"${options}\"\n\
\n\
example:\n\
$0 -r -o \"-v -V 0 -b 112\" a*.wav z*.aif\n\
\n\
"

# process command-line options
# this could be extended to fake the
# commandline interface of the mp3encoder

while getopts ":r" optn; do
case $optn in
o ) options=$OPTARG # replace default options
;;
r ) rmsrc=true
;;
\? ) printf "$helptext"
exit 1
;;
esac
done
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))

# process input-files

for filename in "$@"; do
case $filename in
*[*?]* ) # means shell couldn´t extend *.wav, etc.
echo "warning: no $filename file(s) found"
;;
*[.][wW][aA][vV] )
name=${filename%[.][wW][aA][vV]}
if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${name}.mp3"
then
if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
rm -f "$filename"
fi
fi
;;
*[.][aA][iI][fF] )
name=${filename%[.][aA][iI][fF]}
if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${name}.mp3"
then
if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
rm -f "$filename"
fi
fi
;;
* )
if $mp3coder $options "$filename" "${filename}.mp3"
then
if [ $rmsrc = true ]; then
rm -f "$filename"
fi
fi
;;
esac
done


KC

If you're using KDE, you can use KAudioCreator. You can choose LAME as the encoder. KAudioCreator lets you rip/encode multiple files at once.

I meant MP3 files; unless kaudiocreator can also encode those from the hard drive to another location of the hard drive (in which case I'd like to know how).

so what format are you trying to convert to what? if .mp3 to .cda then yes Kaudiocreator will work, however, from HD to HD I don't know. usually from CD to HD.

Do you have audio (.cda) format files on your HD?

Please elaborate!

KC