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Morphix

Apr 17 2005, 09:52

I developed this batch file to convert my flac to mpc in a double click. It conforms to ***** standard which many of the frontends leave out. Which ends up in alot of extra manual steps.

I have all binaries in c:\windows\audio\bin and added that to my PATH variable. Binaries needed are mppenc, mppdec, flac, replaygain, md5sum, and tag. I uses md5sum because it is UNIX compatible, due to the fact it is the same binary.

Possibly the only link not searchable in the forums is:
md5sum Download

mpcenc.cmd

CODE

@echo off
#### Start Settings ####
set WORK=E:\mpc
set SRCLOC=E:\flac
set MPCENC=mppenc --insane --ms 15
set COMMENT="MPC Encoder 1.15v --insane --ms 15"
#### End Settings ####

for /R %SRCLOC% %%i in (*.flac) do %MPCENC% "%%i" && tag --ape2 --fromfile "%%i" "%%i.mpc" --comment %COMMENT% && move "%%i.mpc" %WORK%

cd /D %WORK%
tag --rentag --move --scheme "A (Y) L\A - N - T" *.mpc
for /D %%i in (Various*) do cd %%i && tag --rentag --move --scheme "N - T" *.mpc && cd /D %work%
for /D %%i in (Soundtrack*) do cd %%i && tag --rentag --move --scheme "N - T" *.mpc && cd /D %work%

for /D %%i in (*) do cd "%%i" && replaygain --auto *.mpc >> "%%i_replaygain.log" && cd /D %work%

for /D %%i in (*) do cd "%%i" && md5sum -b *.mpc >> "%%i.md5" && cd /D %work%

REM ####### *IMPORTANT* Copy files WILL FAIL if lossless folders are not named the same as the lossy #######

echo .flac >> exclude.txt
for /D %%i in (*) do xcopy "%SRCLOC%\%%i\*.*" "%WORK%\%%i" /exclude:exclude.txt
del exclude.txt

This batch file should work on all versions of Windows but I have only verified it on Windows XP SP2. At many points I was really tempted to just to use cygwin/bash. Hope this helps alot of people out looking for an all in one conversion.

Please don't mention illegal sharing/ripping groups.

DickxLaurent

Apr 20 2005, 00:24

Very nice idea.

Any way it can be setup to read a cuesheet?

westgroveg

Apr 20 2005, 00:37

OT: Still haven’t seen any samples where insane with ms 15 improves quality.

Morphix

May 3 2005, 15:06

QUOTE(DickxLaurent @ Apr 20 2005, 12:24 AM)

Very nice idea.

Any way it can be setup to read a cuesheet?

I never use cuesheets but I am sure this is highly possible. I'll research it out when I get some time (when i'm at work), and post back whatever I find.

Morphix

May 3 2005, 15:10

QUOTE(westgroveg @ Apr 20 2005, 12:37 AM)

OT: Still haven’t seen any samples where insane with ms 15 improves quality.

CODE

set MPCENC=mppenc --insane --ms 15

That's a regular set variable to change your MPC settings. YES YES you can change it to whatever you want to encode with. This is not a post to discuss binary switches, but to make an easier way to enjoy some of the work being done by the Musepack team, at little expense with your time.

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