[*NIX] audio file conversion using ffmpeg - deletes after conversion

convert.sh

#!/bin/bash
find . -name "*.wav" | xargs -I % sh -c 'ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -i "%" -acodec libvorbis -f ogg "%_"; rm "%";' && find . -name "*.mp3" | xargs -I % sh -c 'ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -i "%" -acodec libmp3lame -f mp3 "%_"; rm "%";'

...-hide_banner -y -i "%" -f mp3 -acodec libmp3lame... i think you missed the -f flag

indeed... ~.~

it doesn't work i allways get this messages

Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : mono Input #0, wav, from './sound/emitters/emitter_dalaran_petstore_puppy_01.wav': Duration: 00:00:01.71, bitrate: 353 kb/s Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 22050 Hz, mono, s16, 352 kb/s [NULL @ 0x558684d7e960] Unable to find a suitable output format for './sound/emitters/emitter_dalaran_petstore_puppy_01.wav_' ./sound/emitters/emitter_dalaran_petstore_puppy_01.wav_: Invalid argument

Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo Input #0, wav, from './sound/emitters/emitter_icecrownraidtowers.wav': Duration: 00:01:05.71, bitrate: 705 kb/s Stream #0:0: Audio: pcm_s16le ([1][0][0][0] / 0x0001), 22050 Hz, stereo, s16, 705 kb/s [NULL @ 0x55eccbd9eb60] Unable to find a suitable output format for './sound/emitters/emitter_icecrownraidtowers.wav_' ./sound/emitters/emitter_icecrownraidtowers.wav_: Invalid argument

yeah, command was missing a -f ogg

on mac I get find: illegal option -- n, I need to specificy the current directory adding . before -name to make it works like

#!/bin/bash
find . -name "*.wav" | xargs -I % sh -c 'ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -i "%" -acodec libvorbis -f ogg "%_"; rm "%";' && find . -name "*.mp3" | xargs -I % sh -c 'ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -i "%" -acodec libmp3lame -f mp3 "%_"; rm "%";'
``

Using this script left me with all the files renamed with the _ at the end. So I asked ChatGTP for some help. Here's what he/she/it said about the script:

Problematic Part:
"%_":
The output file name "%_" is intended to modify the file name but doesn't work as expected. Instead of producing a properly named .ogg file, this results in a file with the original name plus an underscore (.wav_ or .mp3_).
The script then deletes the original file, leaving you with the renamed file (.wav_ or .mp3_), which is still in the original format (not converted to .ogg or a new .mp3).
Why .wav Files Are Renamed but Not Converted:
The incorrect naming ("%_") causes the file to simply be renamed rather than properly converted to the new format. Since ffmpeg does not recognize the underscore as a file extension, it doesn't change the format.

Thought I let you all know what issue I ran in to. I'm not specifically looking for a solution. Since my knowledge on scripts is very limited, I decided to copy the files to my desktop computer and used a .bat file to achieve our goal. Then I copied everything back to the server. This workaround did the job for me.