Best way to bulk/batch convert 74Gb of MP3 to OGG?

MarcLister · 16 Oct 2012 at 22:16

As part of my plan to see if I can get rid of my iPod and use a phone bluetoothed to a wireless hearing aid system I have, I've been looking for decent phones with 32Gb+ (64Gb preferably) of on-board storage to go with a 64Gb microSD card on which to store my 74Gb MP3 collection.

Earlier tonight I had a thought, that if, say, the Samsung GS3 could play OGG files, I could convert my MP3s to OGG and save some space that way. Some very basic conversions indicate that OGG files are about 64% the size of their MP3 counterparts. This may not be accurate; it's just what I've found converting a few songs. Anyway an OGG version of my music library would be about 48Gb, which is a lot easier to store on a microSD card.

So can anyone recommend any good, reliable ways to convert my MP3s to OGG? I'd like to specify my main folder and for the convertor to take care of things from then on in. I don't mind trying a command line convertor if there is one.

I understand that if there are any licensing/copyright issues with this thread that I won't get many answers!

jack.mitchell · 18 Oct 2012 at 10:46

These two might help!

http://freecode.com/projects/dirogg

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/oggcon...oprietary-formats-mp3-free-formats-ogg-linux/

matja · 18 Oct 2012 at 11:41

In Linux use this script in conjunction with vorbis-tools, lame, and id3tool. Should work in Windows with cygwin.

Code:

!/bin/bash
IFS="
"
temp_file="/tmp/wav"
for file in $(find -type f -iname '*.mp3')
do
        output_filename="$(echo $file|sed 's/mp3$/ogg/')"
        id3_artist="$(id3tool $file|grep '^Artist':|sed 's/^[^:]\+:\s*//'|sed 's/ *$//')"
        id3_album="$(id3tool $file|grep '^Album':|sed 's/^[^:]\+:\s*//'|sed 's/ *$//')"
        id3_title="$(id3tool $file|grep '^Song Title':|sed 's/^[^:]\+:\s*//'|sed 's/ *$//')"

        lame --decode "$file" "$temp_file"
        oggenc "$temp_file" -a "$id3_artist" -t "$id3_title" -l "$id3_album" -o "$output_filename"
done

MarcLister · 18 Oct 2012 at 18:13

jack.mitchell said:
These two might help!

http://freecode.com/projects/dirogg

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/oggcon...oprietary-formats-mp3-free-formats-ogg-linux/

matja said:

In Linux use this script in conjunction with vorbis-tools, lame, and id3tool. Should work in Windows with cygwin.

Code:

!/bin/bash
IFS="
"
temp_file="/tmp/wav"
for file in $(find -type f -iname '*.mp3')
do
        output_filename="$(echo $file|sed 's/mp3$/ogg/')"
        id3_artist="$(id3tool $file|grep '^Artist':|sed 's/^[^:]\+:\s*//'|sed 's/ *$//')"
        id3_album="$(id3tool $file|grep '^Album':|sed 's/^[^:]\+:\s*//'|sed 's/ *$//')"
        id3_title="$(id3tool $file|grep '^Song Title':|sed 's/^[^:]\+:\s*//'|sed 's/ *$//')"

        lame --decode "$file" "$temp_file"
        oggenc "$temp_file" -a "$id3_artist" -t "$id3_title" -l "$id3_album" -o "$output_filename"
done

Thanks guys! I will look at those this weekend. Think I've got a cygwin installer somewhere on my PC. Probably not the most up-to-date one mind.