create a directory of mp3 using lame

zeelog · 12-17-2009, 10:11 AM

I have a directory full of .wav files that I want to convert
to mp3 using the command lame -h
I can't figure out how to do it. Ok, so I'm not all that bright,
but I know there must be a way. Does anyone know how to do this?
This is in Slackware 12 and, sometimes, in Slackware 10.

Person_1873 · 12-17-2009, 10:30 AM

i suppose you could do something like

Code:

#lame /directory/to/music/*.wav /directory/to/mp3s/*.mp3

but thats off the top of my head, you may want them in the same folder in which case dw about the second argument

GazL · 12-17-2009, 10:46 AM

I'm not sure that will work for lame. I don't believe you can have multiple infiles/outfiles like that. (but I could be wrong)

A for loop will probably do it

Code:

for wavfile in *.wav
do
  lame "$wavfile" "${wavfile/.wav}.mp3"
done

Person_1873 · 12-17-2009, 11:04 AM

open your favorite text editor such as gedit or kate and copy the following into it

Code:

#!/bin/bash
for wavfile in ./*.wav
do
  lame "$wavfile" "${wavfile/.wav}.mp3"
done

save the file as whatever you like in the directory where your music is saved

you then need to make the file executable by running

Code:

chmod +x filename

you may then double click the file and it will run