flac2mp3 is a tool to convert potentially large sets of FLAC audio files into the MP3 audio format. It is implemented as a bash shell script, and should run on any Unix-like operating system.

I wrote flac2mp3 because I am archiving my entire CD collection to FLAC, and would like an easy way to have a mirror image in MP3 format.

flac2mp3 has the following features:

• Mimics the directory structure of your FLAC files and maintains the same filenames.
• If a target MP3 already exists, flac2mp3 will skip to the next file. You may run flac2mp3 again whenever you add more FLACs to your collection.
• The FLAC decode process is checked for failures, and will be re-executed if necessary. (FLAC is flaky on Asus Athlon A7V133 mainboards, this side-steps the problem)
• It will (optionally) copy .jpg artwork files into the MP3 target directory.

You will need to have the following applications installed:

Bash Shell

Almost every Linux distribution includes this

Unix utilities

Utilities included in every copy of unix since the dawn of time, including find, sed and sort.

FLAC tools

Available on the FLAC website.

LAME

Included in many Linux distros, also available on the LAME website.

flac2mp3 is public domain. If you can figure out how to make money off it, please feel free to do so!

View the README for the most recent release.

Get flac2mp3 here: http://www.bytemonkey.org/files/flac2mp3/