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Ogg Vorbis Converters
Function: Converts Ogg Vorbis files to MP3 files.
Author: James Sumners
Notes: These workflows are designed to be used as Finder plug-ins. They require the “vorbis-tools”, “lame”, and “sox” packages from DarwinPorts to function.
The first workflow, named “Ogg Vorbis to MP3(s)”, converts a single or multiple Ogg Vorbis files to a single or multiple MP3 files. The second workflow, “Ogg Vorbis many to one MP3″, converts multiple Ogg Vorbis files to a single, combined, MP3 named 00-Combined.mp3.
The first workflow is useful for general conversion. The second workflow is meant to be used in the situation where you have many Ogg Vorbis files, which should play back without gaps between them, that you want to put on a portable player that does not support “gapless” play back. Both workflows create the resulting MP3 files in the same folder as the source files.
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Thanks. It took a bit of work since I have never written any AppleScript before :) (I don’t like the language based on this little exercise.)
I chose MP3 because it is much more portable. I am also not very familiar with Apple’s AAC format. I did encode the MP3s as variable bitrate with a median rate of 192Kb/sec so they should be good enough. That is a helluva lot better than what you get from the iTunes music store.
Comment by James Sumners — June 20, 2005 @ 11:54 am
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Pingback by MacGrass » Automator Plugin: Ogg Vorbis Converters — June 20, 2005 @ 7:24 am
well done, but why not convert in aac format? it’s smaller and better
Comment by manfred — June 19, 2005 @ 3:38 am