dir2ogg is a GPL'ed python script which converts mp3, m4a, wma, and wav files into ogg-vorbis format. It can preserve tags found in the input file where supported. It was inspired by the perl script mp32ogg, but supports much more features these days.
(Not so) new in dir2ogg is the install.sh script, which automates installation of the script. You should only use this if you have root access to the computer you are attempting to install dir2ogg on. If you do not have root access then you will have to use dir2ogg from your home directory (perhaps you have a /home/username/bin directory?).
To install simply run:
sh install.sh
- Tag preservation: mutagen (https://mutagen.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
- M4A Conversion: faad or mplayer (ALAC: alac-decoder)
- WMA Conversion: mplayer
- MP3 Conversion: mpg123, mpg321, lame or mplayer
- FLAC Conversion: no extra software required (ogg123 from vorbis-tools)
Read the manpage for detailed instructions: man dir2ogg, or type dir2ogg --help for brief usage details. The script is extremely simple, so you
shouldn't have any troubles figuring it out.
Dir2ogg can take multiple filenames as arguments, and will Do The Right Thing
based on the file extension. If using the -d flag, you may only give directories
as arguments, not filenames and directories
If you wish to convert m4a, wma and/or wav files using -d then the -m, -f and -w
flags must be used respectively (FLAC: --convert-flac). Wav files are deleted
by default, use -p to keep wav files after conversion.
See the manpage for some known issues.
Please report bugs to https://github.com/julian-klode/dir2ogg
Copyright (c) 2007-2017 Julian Andres Klode
Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Darren Kirby
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 33, Boston, MA2111-137 USA
Current Developer(s):
- Julian Andres Klode jak@jak-linux.org
Inactive Developer(s):
- Darren Kirby d@badcomputer.org
Contributors:
- Cameron Stone camerons@cse.unsw.edu.au
- Marek Palatinus marek@palatinus.cz