library-transcoder

Library transcoder is a simple python script that will "sync" a lossless version of your music library to a lossy version. It will copy files you tell it to copy (mp3, ogg, covers, any pre-determined .ext files etc) and transcode the files you want to transcode (flac, wav, etc) to the format you want to have your lossy library in (mp3, ogg, aac).

## Dependencies

python 2.7, oggenc, flac, metaflac

Usage

translibrary.py [options] source_dir target_dir

Options:

-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT transcode to mp3 or ogg (default is mp3)
-m, --multiprocess use multiprocessing to transcode the files (default is false)
-r, --resample resample file to 44.1kHz when transcoding
-v, --verbose print status messages to stdout
See at the top of the scripts for variables that can be changed.

## Features and todo-list

Todo:

• Multithreading for transcoding.

Transcoding features:

• Transcode to AAC

### Done

• Copy directory structure from source to target.
• Whitelist of file extensions to keep and copy.
• Copy existing mp3, ogg, mpc from source to target.
• Copy cover.jpg or other specific filenames.
• Reprocess files when more recent than target.
• number of skipped copies, transcodes, etc.
• Skip existing mp3/other files from copy.
• Option for target formats (mp3, ogg)

Transcoding features

• Option to downsample to 44.1kHz when transcoding.
• Transcode to OGG
• Resampling when transcoding to OGG
• Transcode to MP3 (default)
• Resampling when transcoding to MP3