Transcode VMA into mp3

convert.sh

#!/bin/sh

vcodec="mp4v"
acodec="mp4a"
bitrate="1024"
arate="128"
mux="mp3"

# For Linux
#vlc="/usr/bin/vlc"
# For OSX
vlc="/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC"

if [ ! -e "$vlc" ]; then
    echo "Command '$vlc' does not exist"
    exit 1
fi

for file in "$@"; do
    echo "=> Transcoding '$file'... "

    dst=`dirname "$file"`
    new=`basename "$file" | sed 's@\.[a-z][a-z][a-z]$@@'`.$mux

    $vlc -I dummy -q "$file" \
         --sout "#transcode{acodec=mp3,ab=128,channels=2,samplerate=44100}:standard{mux=mp3,dst=\"$dst/$new\",access=file}" \
       vlc://quit
    ls -lh "$file" "$dst/$new"
    echo
done