
:~$ sudo ls /mnt/music/mp3/Oasis/Definitely\ MaybeĠ1-Rock 'N' Roll Star.mp3 07-Bring It On Down.mp3Ġ2-Shakermaker.mp3 08-Cigarettes & Alcohol.mp3Ġ3-Live Forever.mp3 09-Digsy's Dinner.mp3Ġ5-Columbia.mp3 11-Married With Children.mp3 Sudo mp3fs -b 192 /mnt/music/flac /mnt/music/mp3 -o allow_other,ro Nothing in there yet! So, let's weave some mp3fs magic: Louis_Armstrong Nelly_Furtado Pendulum The_Chemical_Brothers Let's say this is /mnt/music/flac:Īlison_Balsom Mint Royale Oasis Suede Various Let's say you want them stored in /mnt/music/mp3. No MP3 files are created as such, it just looks like they are.įirst decide where you want your mp3s to be stored.

You simply point mp3fs at your FLAC directory and tell it where the resulting MP3 files should end up. mp3fs represents your FLAC folders as MP3 folders.

Instead, on my Linux home server, I use mp3fs. They use more storage space, because a separate copy of your FLACs in MP3 format are kept.This can be mitigated by running the job periodically They have to be run each time your music library changes, because they are manual.
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There are two problems with the manual approaches: Examples of both are dBpoweramp Music Converter and flac2mp3. Some converters (or 'transcoders') work with a GUI while some work on the command line. What are the other options for converting from FLAC to MP3? First, it can be done manually on a file by file or bulk basis. How do you accomplish this while not wasting time or storage space? mp3fs is a fully automatic and storage efficient way of keeping a copy of your FLAC library in MP3 format. Not all players support it though, so sometimes you need to have your same music in a different format. It's higher quality than MP3 and, importantly, is ' lossless' which means you can always convert it to another format. In digital music by Dan Gravell Storing music in FLAC format is an excellent choice.
