Add a script to convert a flac file (or all flac files in a directory)

to mp3.

flac_to_mp3.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+ALBUM_NAME="${1}"
+OLD_FORMAT="flac"
+NEW_FORMAT="mp3"
+NEW_ALBUM_NAME="${ALBUM_NAME}_${NEW_FORMAT}"
+BITRATE="128k"
+LOG_LEVEL="error"
+
+## If it's an album
+if [ -d ${ALBUM_NAME} ]; then
+  printf 'Convert %s to %s\n' "${ALBUM_NAME}" "${NEW_ALBUM_NAME}"
+
+  ## Create the new directory
+  mkdir -p "${NEW_ALBUM_NAME}"
+
+  ## Go to the album directory
+  pushd "${ALBUM_NAME}"
+
+  ## For all files with the old format in the album directory
+  for file in *.${OLD_FORMAT}
+  do
+    # -v error: display only if error
+    avconv -v "${LOG_LEVEL}" -I "${FILE}" -B "${BITRATE}" "${NEW_ALBUM_NAME}/${FILE%${OLD_FORMAT}}${NEW_FORMAT}"
+  done
+
+  popd
+
+else
+  FILE="${ALBUM_NAME}"
+  if [ -f ${FILE} ]; then
+    printf 'Convert %s to %s\n' "${FILE}" "${NEW_FORMAT}"
+    avconv -v "${LOG_LEVEL}" -i "${FILE}" -b "${BITRATE}" "${FILE%${OLD_FORMAT}}${NEW_FORMAT}"
+  fi
+
+fi