convert.sh

//purpose of this file is to loop through a batch of MP4 files and convert to flac filetype in Ubuntu command line
for f in av-files/*.mp4;
do avconv -i "$f" "${f%.mp4}.wav"; 
done;

//another version
for f in *.mp4;
do avconv -i "$f" "${f%.mp4}.wav"; 
done;

//one audio channel
for f in *.mp4;
do avconv -i "$f" -ac 1 "${f%.mp4}.wav" | y; 
done;

//to reduce file size
avconv -i "CRS-IIDD.mp4" -ac 1 "CRS-IIDD.wav";

//to split up a long wav file
avconv -i CMP1107-018.wav -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:07:00 CMP1107-018a.wav /
avconv -i CMP1107-018.wav -vcodec copy -acodec copy -ss 00:07:00 -t 00:17:00 CMP1107-018b.wav