My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are also backed up on my PC and on an external USB HDD. That makes 3 copies. I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I have mentioned I don't know much about structuring a command line. My PC is also quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think it will take a LOT of time for this to run through over 1200 CDs worth of FLAC files. Hence my desire to get it right the first time. I can only assume that this will take my PC more than a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very optimistic). I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not need it. I most definitely do need help. I read through the examples on a previous thread (converting to 1.1.3) including an example from Josh himself, but the instructions were not entirely clear to me. I'm not an idiot, I just need a hand. Tim > If your files are that important, then you should make a complete backup> before you change anything. After you have a backup, you can learn how > to use the command line without worrying about mistakes. For that matter,> copy a subset of your old files to a new directory, and try some of thecommands.> > >Brian-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070410/e811ab95/attachment.html
Sorry I can't be of more help. You are at a significant disadvantage by operating on a PC. Of all the systems which can run flac, the PC is going to have the most crippled command line abilities. You could look at installing a shell which would handle wildcards ... or you could look into some of those batch files that you've found. I'm just pointing out that not everyone is in the same boat, so not everyone can tell you what commands will work for you. Brian On Apr 10, 2007, at 13:25, Tim wrote: My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are also backed up on my PC and on an external USB HDD. That makes 3 copies. I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I have mentioned I don't know much about structuring a command line. My PC is also quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think it will take a LOT of time for this to run through over 1200 CDs worth of FLAC files. Hence my desire to get it right the first time. I can only assume that this will take my PC more than a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very optimistic). I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not need it. I most definitely do need help. I read through the examples on a previous thread (converting to 1.1.3) including an example from Josh himself, but the instructions were not entirely clear to me. I'm not an idiot, I just need a hand. Tim > If your files are that important, then you should make a complete backup > before you change anything. After you have a backup, you can learn how > to use the command line without worrying about mistakes. For that matter, > copy a subset of your old files to a new directory, and try some of the commands. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070410/e1580016/attachment.html
I remember that thread but I can't remember if that command is exactly what you want. everyone has little differences in their situation that makes a general solution hard. this list is not really the place for shell tutorial, I highly recommend this book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3/ and if you're on windows, install http://cygwin.com/ otherwise, I think this comes up a lot on the slimserver forums and people have posted other solutions. as for that bug that required the test step first, that was fixed in flac-1.1.4; especially if you already have a backup, I wouldn't worry about the extra test step. --- Tim <ht_nut@earthlink.net> wrote:> My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are also backed up > on my PC and on an external USB HDD. That makes 3 copies. > I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I have mentioned > I don't know much about structuring a command line. My PC is also > quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think it will take a > LOT > of time for this to run through over 1200 CDs worth of FLAC files. > Hence my desire to get it right the first time. > I can only assume that this will take my PC more than > a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very optimistic). > > I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not need it. > I most definitely do need help. > > I read through the examples on a previous thread (converting to > 1.1.3) > including an example from Josh himself, > but the instructions were not entirely clear to me. > I'm not an idiot, I just need a hand. > Tim > > > If your files are that important, then you should make a complete > backup > > > before you change anything. After you have a backup, you can learn > how > > to use the command line without worrying about mistakes. For that > matter, > > > copy a subset of your old files to a new directory, and try some of > the > commands. > > > > > >Brian > > > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > Flac@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac >____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
PS I think you're on windows right? I'm pretty sure you can do mass conversions with foobar2000 and/or dbpoweramp http://www.foobar2000.org/ http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ see also http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html#extras --- Josh Coalson <xflac@yahoo.com> wrote:> I remember that thread but I can't remember if that command is > exactly what you want. everyone has little differences in their > situation that makes a general solution hard. this list is not > really the place for shell tutorial, I highly recommend this > book: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bash3/ and if you're on > windows, install http://cygwin.com/ > > otherwise, I think this comes up a lot on the slimserver forums > and people have posted other solutions. > > as for that bug that required the test step first, that was > fixed in flac-1.1.4; especially if you already have a backup, > I wouldn't worry about the extra test step. > > --- Tim <ht_nut@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are also backed > up > > on my PC and on an external USB HDD. That makes 3 copies. > > I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I have mentioned > > I don't know much about structuring a command line. My PC is also > > quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think it will take > a > > LOT > > of time for this to run through over 1200 CDs worth of FLAC files. > > > Hence my desire to get it right the first time. > > I can only assume that this will take my PC more than > > a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very optimistic). > > > > I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not need it. > > I most definitely do need help. > > > > I read through the examples on a previous thread (converting to > > 1.1.3) > > including an example from Josh himself, > > but the instructions were not entirely clear to me. > > I'm not an idiot, I just need a hand. > > Tim > > > > > If your files are that important, then you should make a > complete > > backup > > > > > before you change anything. After you have a backup, you can > learn > > how > > > to use the command line without worrying about mistakes. For that > > matter, > > > > > copy a subset of your old files to a new directory, and try some > of > > the > > commands. > > > > > > > > >Brian > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flac mailing list > > Flac@xiph.org > > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________> Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > Flac@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac >____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php
On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 13:52 -0700, Brian Willoughby wrote:> Sorry I can't be of more help. You are at a significant disadvantage > by operating on a PC. Of all the systems which can run flac, the PC > is going to have the most crippled command line abilities.Please do not confuse the hardware type (PC) with the operating system running on it (guessing here that the particular PC you are referring to is running Windows). My PC has great command line abilities. It does not run Windows. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@speakeasy.net>
Hi Tim, I threw something together tonight that might help: http://cdtag.com/download/reflac.zip (freeware/open source) The command line syntax is pretty simple.. it'll be something like this: reflac -r -8 -nw -nb Which is, respectively: recursive, compression level 8, no child windows, no backups Of course, set it to suit your own tastes.. I ran it on my own collection and it did the trick. -Jud Tim wrote:> My FLAC files reside on my Infrant NV (XRAID) and are also backed up > on my PC and on an external USB HDD. That makes 3 copies. > I've read most everything on the FLAC site, but as I have mentioned > I don't know much about structuring a command line. My PC is also > quite old (early P4 from 2000 w/256MB RAM) so I think it will take a LOT > of time for this to run through over 1200 CDs worth of FLAC files. > Hence my desire to get it right the first time. > I can only assume that this will take my PC more than > a day uninterrupted (that's also with 0 crashes - very optimistic). > > I would not ask for command syntax help if I did not need it. > I most definitely do need help. > > I read through the examples on a previous thread (converting to 1.1.3) > including an example from Josh himself, > but the instructions were not entirely clear to me. > I'm not an idiot, I just need a hand. > Tim > > > If your files are that important, then you should make a complete > backup > > before you change anything. After you have a backup, you can learn how > > to use the command line without worrying about mistakes. For that > matter, > > copy a subset of your old files to a new directory, and try some of > the commands. > > > > > >Brian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Flac mailing list > Flac@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/flac/attachments/20070411/1e97eb05/attachment.html