xfermp3

A perl script to automate the transfer of music files to player devices, using re-encoding (through the use of Lame). Currently it's very simple and you could call it useless, specially considering all those fancy multimedia gadgets available today. But I plan to develop xfermp3 to become a general music archive manager. I know there are some good tools in this area available. But none of them have:

  1. A good GUI-less, non-fancy, interface with good interaction (mouseless);
  2. Scriptability capabilities (work well on shell scripts);
  3. Make good use of the file system, without relational db crap;
  4. Consistent use of mp3 ID3v2 tags;
  5. Convenient and consistent statistical data;

I need some simple command line tool providing management of file type, quality, naming scheme, search and transfer to multimedia devices; it has to interact smoothly with the shell and should generate statistical information of my music habits and uses (things like what I'm listening currently more often, or which is my favorite artist in the last month).

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Mon May 3 07:30:12 BRT 2010 jvdm
First, "useless" version, but it correctly copies files to any device mounted, using lame to re-encode.

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