flac to mp3

flac2mp3.sh

#!/bin/bash

shnsplit -o flac -f *.cue *.flac
cuetag.sh *.cue split*.flac

for a in split*.flac; do
    # give output correcit extension
    OUTF="${a[@]/%flac/mp3}"

    # get the tags
    ARTIST=$(metaflac "$a" --show-tag=ARTIST | sed s/.*=//g)
    TITLE=$(metaflac "$a" --show-tag=TITLE | sed s/.*=//g)
    ALBUM=$(metaflac "$a" --show-tag=ALBUM | sed s/.*=//g)
    GENRE=$(metaflac "$a" --show-tag=GENRE | sed s/.*=//g)
    TRACKNUMBER=$(metaflac "$a" --show-tag=TRACKNUMBER | sed s/.*=//g)
    DATE=$(metaflac "$a" --show-tag=DATE | sed s/.*=//g)

    # stream flac into the lame encoder
    flac -c -d "$a" | lame -h -V2 --vbr-new -q0 --lowpass 19.7 -b96 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ignore-tag-errors \
        --ta "$ARTIST" --tt "$TITLE" --tl "$ALBUM" --tg "${GENRE:-12}" \
        --tn "${TRACKNUMBER:-0}" --ty "$DATE" - "$OUTF"
done
mkdir mp3
mv split*.mp3 mp3