Convert flac library to other formats in one go.

abcde

1. Create single flac and cuesheet in archive/:

   abcde -1 -M -c abcde.archive.conf
   

2. Convert to flac album in new/flac/

   abcde -c abcde.encode.conf -d archive/file.flac
   # have to add cddb metadata using the cue sheet interactively!
   
3. convert and tag with beets
4. or straight to mp3

   abcde -c abcde.encode.conf -o mp3 -d archive/file.flac
   

transcode.py

• Execute in parallel with xargs -P4
• Doesn't support id3 tags

flac2mp3

• Sufficient
• No parallel execution

Single flac with cue to multiflac

Force MusicBrainz? Lookup

Set MusicBrainz? Album Id to the MBID for the release.

See also

AudioCD