flac -> mp3

flac2mp3

#!/bin/bash
OUT_DIR="./mp3"
[ ! -d ${OUT_DIR} ] && mkdir -p ${OUT_DIR}
# modify the lame options to your
# preference
lame_opts=" --vbr-new -V 2 -B 256 "
for FLAC in *.flac;
do
MP3=`basename "${FLAC%.flac}.mp3"`
[ -r "$FLAC" ] || { echo can not read file \"$FLAC\" >&1 ; exit 1 ; } ;
metaflac --export-tags-to=- "$FLAC" | sed 's/=\(.*\)/="\1"/' > tmp.tmp
. ./tmp.tmp
rm tmp.tmp
[ -z $TITLE ] && TITLE="$Title"
[ -z $TRACKNUMBER ] && TRACKNUMBER="$Tracknumber"
[ -z $GENRE ] && GENRE="$Genre"
[ -z $DATE ] && DATE="$Date"
[ -z $COMMENT ] && COMMENT="$Comment"
[ -z $ARTIST ] && ARTIST="$Artist"
[ -z $ALBUM ] && ALBUM="$Album"

echo "Converting ${FLAC} to MP3 format"
flac -c -d "$FLAC" | lame ${lame_opts} \
--tt "$TITLE" \
--tn "$TRACKNUMBER" \
--tg "$GENRE" \
--ty "$DATE" \
--tc "$COMMENT" \
--ta "$ARTIST" \
--tl "$ALBUM" \
--add-id3v2 \
- ${OUT_DIR}/"$MP3"
done