About

mp3encode is a script used to convert FLAC and/or WAV files to MP3. It is compatible with POSIX-compliant shells. It should be easy to use; simply run the ‘mp3encode-wrapper.sh’ script in a terminal (for example from an application launcher), and then select the directory containing the FLAC and/or WAV files. For FLAC files, tags and album art are preserved (i.e., embedded in the corresponding MP3 file).

Download

Download the latest stable version for Unix-compatible operating systems.

Source code

The Subversion repository can be viewed online or checked out from http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/slipstream/mp3encode/.

Hints

For easy access to the script, one can add an application launcher to a GNOME panel or the desktop. Make sure that the application launcher is of type ‘Application in Terminal’ and launches ‘mp3encode-wrapper.sh’ (not ‘mp3encode.sh’).

The script uses the LAME MP3 encoder. If the ‘lame’ binary is not in the PATH, one can adjust line 27 of ‘mp3encode.sh’, which reads ‘lame_dir="$base_dir/../lame-3.98.4/bin"’, so that it points to the directory where the ‘lame’ binary can be found.