Commands tagged artist info (1)

  • Uses ffmpeg to convert all that annoying .FLAC files to MP3 files keeping all the Artist's information in them. There's not much more to it. Show Sample Output


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    find . -name "*.flac" -exec ffmpeg -i {} -ab 160k -map_metadata 0 -id3v2_version 3 {}.mp3 \;
    gustavohmsilva · 2016-06-28 19:35:06 10

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