Convert all Realplayer .ra files to an mp3 format

Stuart O'mahony · posted: 2010-10-21 18:26

Here's a command that will convert all real audio files (.ra) at a given location to an mp3 format, to include sub directories:

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convert () { mplayer -cache 32 -ao pcm:file="${file[x]}".wav"${file[x]}".ra; lame -V2"${file[x]}".wav"${file[x]}".mp3; } ; find"$My_Music" -iname"*.ra" > Musiclist.txt ; y=$(sed 's@ @\\ @g' Musiclist.txt | wc -l); ((y=y+1));  typeset -i x; x=1; while ((x < y)) && path[x]=$(dirname"$(awk NR==$x Musiclist.txt)") && file[x]=$(awk -F"/" -v line=$x 'NR==line{sub(/\..*/,"",$NF);print $NF}' Musiclist.txt) &&  ln -s"${path[x]}/${file[x]}".ra"${file[x]}".ra; do ((x=x+1)); done ; x=1;  while (( x < y )) && convert; do (( x=x+1)); done;  rm -vf *.wav *.ra Musiclist.txt ; x=1; while (( x < y)) && mv -v"${file[x]}".mp3"${path[x]}"; do ((x=x+1)); done

All you need do before proceeding is set the variable $My_Music so the command knows where to look for your .ra files:

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export My_Music="/path/to/your/music/directory"

In addition to the newly created .mp3 files, temporary .wav and linked .ra files will be created within your working directory, later to be removed in the 'clean up': here *ALL* .wav and .ra files will be removed, so be sure your working directory is clear of any wanted files of this format. Your original .ra files will not be touched, and the new .mp3 files moved to the same location as source.

oldhoghead · posted: 2010-10-21 18:50

Nice script Stuart, should be very handy.
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cheers,
ohh