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How to create a sample of a video using bash?

Bob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:41:48 +0000

With this code you can simply create a preview/sample of your video. Starts at 5.00 and ends on 8.00.

Package needed: Mencoder

user@server:$ mencoder movie.mkv -o movie.avi -ovc lavc -oac mp3lame -ss 5:00 -endpos 8:00

Convert .flac to .mp3 using bash.

Bob — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:23:35 +0000

How to convert .flac files to .mp3? Well here you find out how to do using Bash ~ Linux!

1. First, make sure you have installed the package “Lame” (Should be easy to find @ google.com for any Linux OS)

2. Download THIS bash script and move it to the folder where the .flac files are stored.

3. Give “flac2mp3.sh” 755 rights. (chmod 755 flac2mp3.sh)

4. OK — we are in the folder where the .flac files are stored.. We have copied or moved the bash script we need to the same folder.. So now we can start converting. (See picture)

5. Start the script to convert your .flac files to .mp3 (./flac2mp3.sh)

6. You can see the .flac files getting converted to .mp3 — All .flac files will be converted in that folder.

7. When converting is done, you’ll see that the .flac files are still there. I recommend you to check if the .mp3 files work and then remove all the .flac files. (rm -f *.flac)

8. Done. All your .flac files are just converted to .mp3

Have fun & Please leave your thoughts in a comment!

Convert .m4b to .mp3 using bash.

Bob — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:19:08 +0000

A couple days ago my dad downloaded some audio books and they were all .m4b .. So he was like: what is this? We have tried to find some converters but they were not really working very well. After trying a couple windows programs I finally found a freeware one for windows — click HERE!

This one worked pretty good. But I was not satisfied yet, I searched the web for a .m4b to .mp3 converter in SSH/Terminal and I found one. Here some steps.

1. First you need to download and install the “Faad” package and the “Lame” package on your server. (Easy to find @ google.com)

2. Make sure you have “python” on your server. (if not — yum install python)

3. Now, download the plugin to your server — wget http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/22008/scripts/m4b2mp3.py

4. Start the script and it will convert your .m4b files to .mp3.

How to use the script?
#python m4b2mp3.py
– Decodes m4b files in current directory and sub directories and consequently encodes the output to mp3.

#python m4b2mp3.py -d /media/audiobook/Bourne\ Supremacy
– Decodes m4b files in supplied directory and sub directories and encodes the output to mp3.

Need help? Just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you!