Convert Video to Mp3 with Powershell and VLC Player

Convert-Video-To-Mp3.ps1

#based on http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/Converting-all-your-non-MP3-files-to-MP3s-with-VLC-PowerShell-and-TagLib

#don't worry if there are errors shown in VLC this is perfectly fine. 
#there isn't any progress shown. Simply wait for completion.

function ConvertToMp3 ($inputObject, [switch]$isRemoveOldFile = $false)
{
    $vlc = "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"
    $codec = 'mp3';
    $oldFile = $inputObject;

    $newFile = $inputObject.FullName.Replace("'", "\'").Replace($inputObject.Extension, ".$codec")

    write-host $newFile

    &"$vlc" -I dummy "$oldFile" ":sout=#transcode{acodec=$codec,vcodec=dummy}:standard{access=file,mux=raw,dst='\$newFile'}"  vlc://quit | out-null

    if($isRemoveOldFile){
      Remove-Item $oldFile;
    }
}
 
function ConvertAllToMp3([string] $sourcePath, [switch] $isRemoveOldFile = $false) {  
  write-host $sourcePath
  Get-ChildItem "$sourcePath\*" -recurse -include *.mp4 | %{ ConvertToMp3 $_ $isRemoveOldFile}
}
 
ConvertAllToMp3 [path];

Yes, the $_ is the iterator variable of the powershell for-each. Which is expressed here by the % command.

It does not work, something is blocking, but no errors. If I do the conversion from the gui vlc, it just works. I am using version 3.0.11

Vielleicht hast du noch ne Idee?

If not, I can use ffmpeg.

@tik9 there is no output, it "just takes a while", so it looks blocked. Does calling the command line without the script, work for you?

In Lin12: $newFile = $.FullName.Replace("'", "'").Replace($.Extension, ".$codec")
Where is the $_ from? I get null.

@tik9 that's strange, looks like I uploaded a bad version. It should be $inputObject of course on both places. Thank you for the hint!

Hi, I should be able to see vlc in the taskmanager, shouldn't I?