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Created August 28, 2011 00:18
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Convert every FLAC file in the current directory to ALAC (Apple Lossless)
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for i in *.flac; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -map_meta_data 0:0 -acodec alac "`basename "$i" .flac`.m4a"; done;
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Found on MetaFilter. Seems to take too long for me to find it every once and a while.

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Preserves metadata tags now.

Found -map_meta_data flag info on Ubuntu Forums

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