Converts wav, ogg, mp3 to al html5-friendly formats: wav, ogg, mp3. Requires ffmpeg to be installed globally and available via `ffmpeg`.

readme.md

Audio converter

A simple wrapper for ffmpeg that will convert a folder of sound files to ogg, wav and mp3.

Requirements

ffmpeg: You can port/apt-get/brew install this.

usage

  $ cd /path/to/folder/of/files
  $ sh /path/to/convertAudio.sh

... follow the instructions

Strip off the file extension and add it in your $PATH so you can just run convertAudio from anywhere!

convertAudio.sh

#!/bin/bash

printf "This baby converts your folder of .wav, .ogg, and .mp3 files into all the formats needed for HTML5 audio!\n\n"
printf "Usage: cd /folder/to/files && sh path/to/convertAudio.sh\n\n"
printf "Defaults to 128k bitrate.\n\n"
echo "Choose what format are your files in:"
echo "1) wav"
echo "2) ogg"
echo "3) mp3"

read selection
if [[ $selection != *[!1-3]* ]]; then
    echo ""
else
    echo "ERROR: Must choose an option (1-3)"
    exit;
fi

case $selection in
1)
    ext1='.wav'
    ext2='.ogg'
    customFlags2='-acodec libvorbis '
    ext3='.mp3'
    customFlags3=''
    ;;
2)
    ext1='.ogg'
    ext2='.mp3'
    ext3='.wav'
    ;;
3)
    ext1='.mp3'
    ext2='.wav'
    customFlags2=''
    ext3='.ogg'
    customFlags3='-acodec libvorbis '
    ;;
esac

ls | grep "$ext1" | sed s/\.[^\.]*$// | xargs -I {} ffmpeg -i {}"$ext1" -ab 128k $customFlags2 {}"$ext2"
ls | grep "$ext1" | sed s/\.[^\.]*$// | xargs -I {} ffmpeg -i {}"$ext1" -ab 128k $customFlags3 {}"$ext3"