Current Version
v1.21 (Released 02/05/06)
Summary
Lossless2lossy is a conversion script for mass converting your ENTIRE music collection from one format to another whilst mirroring the directory structure and tags of the original format.
It differs from most other conversion scripts because it is able to convert multiple files from multiple directories recursively.
You can use it to convert from lossless (flac) to lossy (mp3) or recompress you lossless collection to another lossless format.
Supports
- ape2ape
- ape2mp3
- ape2ogg
- ape2flac
- ape2wavpack
- flac2flac
- flac2ape
- flac2mp3
- flac2ogg
- flac2wavpack
- wavpack2wavpack
- wavpack2ape
- wavpack2mp3
- wavpack2ogg
- wavpack2flac
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Features
- Supports wav, ape, mp3, ogg, flac and wavpack
- Mass Conversion
- Mirrors directory structure
- Copies tags (ID3v1 and ID3v2 and OGG[flac])
- Inter-lossless conversion. e.g. ape to flac or ape(normal) to ape(insane)
- Coverts mixed lossless formats under one top level folder. Ideal for mixed lossless format collections
- Will covert non-compressed wavs
- Skips previously converted files, ideal for synchronizing
- Can be used in conjunction with cron for auto synchronization
Requires
- Lame - home or emerge lame (gentoo)
- MAC - home
- Flac - home or emerge flac (gentoo)
- Wavpack - home or emerge wavpack (gentoo)
- ID3V2 - home or emerge id3v2 (gentoo)
- Oggenc - home
BUGS
If you find a bug, please use the bug report system found on here You don't have to be registered. Just click on the link "Submit New" in the links menu.
TODO
- Add cue support
- Add expert mode where user adds all program parameters for custom encoding
- Add multiple lossy conversion in one instance (e.g. mp3 and ogg at the same time)
- Add genre lookup for better tagging support between id3 and ogg
Known Problems
- I have had trouble with MAC not recognising directory and file names with non-English characters. I have solved this problem by using unicode character encoding Gentoo guide
- Ape tags v1 or v2 are not supported. There is no command line ape tag reader available. Your best bet is to convert the ape tags to id3v1 tags. A very good tag manager capable of converting your entire ape collections tags is (windows) mp3tag
Change Log
Change Log v1.2=>v1.21 (Released 02/05/06)
+ Fixed bug with flac tags
+ Fixed bug with input folder names with spaces not being dealt with.
Change Log v1.1=>v1.2 (Released 24/04/06)
+ Flac Support
+ Wavpack Support
+ Ability to covert wavs
+ Mixed source file type conversion
+ Trans-lossless support
+ Tagging support for all formats
+ Fixed bug with genre not being processed properly
- Exit when a required program was not found
Change Log v1.1=>v1.11 (Released 28/03/06)
+ Fixed bug with mp3 vbr not being used
+ Fixed bug when no genre was present
Change Log v1.0=>v1.1 (Released 26/03/06)
+ tag support (ID3(v2) and ogg)
+ skip wav file if already converted
+ command line parameter inputting
+ ogg support
- interactive Q/A for starting program