wav1644.sh - Converts .wav files to 16bits/44khz (CD quality)

wav1644.sh

#!/bin/bash

# wav1644.sh - Converts .wav files to 16bits/44khz (CD quality)
# Many iPad audio apps need this, and it's a good size/quality ratio for
# uncompressed audio anyway. Fuck Neil Young and other clueless audiophiles.
# Download this to somewhere in your $PATH and make it exectutable with
# chmod a+x wav1644.sh

# WAV conversion function - uses ffmpeg
function convertwav {
  mv "$1" "$1.original"
  ffmpeg -i "$1.original" -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 44100 "$1"
}

# Usage
if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $(basename $0) <high sampling rate wav or folder>"
  exit 1
fi

# Do it!
if [ -f "$1" ]; then
  convertwav "$1"
elif [ -d "$1" ]; then
  cd "$1"
  for wavfile in *.wav; do
    convertwav "$wavfile"
  done
fi