Convert quod libet library to opus

convert_to_opus.md

Convert your music library (in this case quod libet) to the opus file format

1. In quod libet, check for files with low bitrates and replace them with better ones: &(#(bitrate < 192), encoding != VBR)
2. Convert + delete your music files: dir2opus --recursive --verbose --delete-input --bitrate 128 --convert-all MyFolder

• Install opus-tools before
• Run this file https://github.com/ehmry/dir2opus/blob/master/dir2opus with python2
• The script can be stopped. It will continue where it left off.
• Disable automatic going to sleep in the system energy settings

3. Close quod libet
4. Backup ~/.config/quodlibet
5. Run this python3 script to update the library file paths:

import os

import quodlibet.library
from quodlibet.formats.xiph import OggOpusFile

library_path = os.path.join(quodlibet.get_user_dir(), "songs")
library = quodlibet.library.init(library_path)

for song in library:
    song['~filename'] = song('~filename').replace('.mp3', '.opus')
    song.__class__ = OggOpusFile
    library.changed([song])

library.save()

6. Open quod libet and refresh the library