flac16.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Usage: flac16.sh SOURCEDIR DESTDIR
# DESTDIR should have no spaces since sox chokes on it.
set -e
SOURCEDIR=$1
DESTDIR=$(cd $(dirname "$2"); pwd)/$(basename "$2")
cd "$SOURCEDIR"
rm -f tmp_flac16_source.flac
for file in *.flac
	do
		BASENAME=$(basename "$file")
		DESTFILE=$DESTDIR/$BASENAME

		# sox doesn't like weird characters in file names
		ln -s "$file" tmp_flac16_source.flac

		# growl the title
		TITLE=`soxi -a tmp_flac16_source.flac | grep TITLE | cut -d "=" -f 2`
		growlnotify -n flac16_song -m "$TITLE" "Converting..."

		# convert to a nice name
		sox -S tmp_flac16_source.flac -r 44100 -b 16 tmp_flac16_dest.flac

		# move it to where we want it
		mv tmp_flac16_dest.flac "$DESTFILE"
		
		# clean up
		rm -f tmp_flac16_source.flac
	done
	growlnotify -n flac16_album -m "$SOURCEDIR" "Done!"