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Topic: convert mp3 music collection to aac (Read 2622 times) previous topic - next topic
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convert mp3 music collection to aac

Hi,

I wrote a little python script to convert all mp3s in a directory (and its subdirectories) using Matteo Croce's aacplusenc (which does he-aac+):
http://teknoraver.net/software/mp4tools
for each mp3 file id3tag information is migrated to apple-style tags in the m4a container.
bitrate is fixed to 64kbit/s.

I transcoded my music collection for a mobile device and the space it takes now is down by a factor of 4.
If somebody wants to check it out, it should be attached to this post...

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Cheers,
Klaus

edit: I tested the script on my ubuntu 10.10 32bit machine. not sure how it behaves on other systems