Audio-Tools

Modular toolkit for CD ripping and audio conversion.

Features

• Automated CD ripping using abcde with CDDB metadata lookup
• Handles interactive prompts automatically (CDDB selection, resume sessions)
• Standalone FLAC to MP3 conversion with metadata preservation
• High-quality VBR MP3 encoding (lame -V 0)
• Modular design - use individual tools or the full workflow

Requirements

Install the following packages:

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install abcde expect flac lame

Fedora:

sudo dnf install abcde expect flac lame

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S --needed abcde expect flac lame

Usage

Main Wrapper Script

./audio-tools.sh <command> [options]

Command	Description
rip [device] [output_dir]	Rip CD to FLAC
convert [directory]	Convert FLAC files to MP3
all [device] [output_dir]	Rip CD and convert to MP3

Individual Scripts

Rip CD only:

./rip_cd.sh [device] [output_dir]

Convert FLAC to MP3 only:

./flac2mp3.sh [directory]

Examples

# Full workflow: rip CD and convert to MP3
./audio-tools.sh all

# Rip CD only (no conversion)
./audio-tools.sh rip /dev/sr0 ~/Music

# Convert existing FLAC files to MP3
./audio-tools.sh convert ~/Music

# Or use individual scripts directly
./rip_cd.sh /dev/cdrom ~/Music
./flac2mp3.sh ~/Music

How It Works

• rip_cd.sh: Runs abcde with Expect automation to handle CDDB prompts. Outputs FLAC files in Artist/Album/ structure.
• flac2mp3.sh: Finds FLAC files (up to 3 directories deep), extracts metadata with metaflac, converts to MP3 with lame -V 0. Skips files where MP3 already exists.
• audio-tools.sh: Wrapper that runs either or both tools.

CDDB Selection

• Single CDDB entry: selected automatically
• Multiple identical entries: first is selected automatically
• Multiple different entries: prompts for user selection