flac2mp3.sh

#!/bin/sh

if [ "$1" ]
then
	find "$1" -name '*.flac' | while read fn;
	do
		basename=$(basename "$fn" .flac).mp3
		dirname=$(dirname "$fn")
		
		outfile="$dirname/$basename"
		
		if [ -e "$fn" ] && [ ! -e "$outfile" ];
		then
			id3title=$(metaflac --show-tag=TITLE "$fn" | perl -pe "s/^TITLE=(.*)/\$1/i")
			id3artist=$(metaflac --show-tag=ARTIST "$fn" | perl -pe "s/^ARTIST=(.*)/\$1/i")
			id3album=$(metaflac --show-tag=ALBUM "$fn" | perl -pe "s/^ALBUM=(.*)/\$1/i")
			id3date=$(metaflac --show-tag=DATE "$fn" | perl -pe "s/^DATE=(.*)/\$1/i")
			id3tracknumber=$(metaflac --show-tag=TRACKNUMBER "$fn" | perl -pe "s/^TRACKNUMBER=(.*)/\$1/i")
			id3genre=$(metaflac --show-tag=GENRE "$fn" | perl -pe "s/^GENRE=(.*)/\$1/i")
		
			flac -c -d "$fn" | \
			lame -h -m s -b 360 \
				--tt "$id3title" \
				--ta "$id3artist" \
				--tl "$id3album" \
				--ty "$id3date" \
				--tn "$id3tracknumber" \
				--tg "$id3genre" \
				- "$outfile"
		else
			echo >&2 ""$fn" -- skipping."
		fi
	done
else
	echo >&2 "Usage: "$(basename "$0")" DIRNAME"
	exit 1
fi