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Installation:

  - Make sure the following executables are in your path:
    - flac
    - lame (for MP3)
    - oggenc2 (for ogg vorbis)
    - afconvert (for M4A)

  - Install the flacinfo-rb gem


Usage: 

  flac_transcode [-h|--help] input_file_or_directory
  
  flac_transcode some_folder -mp3-v0        # transcodes to just v0
  flac_transcode some_folder -mp3-v2        # transcodes to just v2
  flac_transcode some_folder -mp3-320       # transcodes to just 320 cbr
  flac_transcode some_folder -m4a           # transcodes to AAC 320
  flac_transcode some_folder -ogg           # transcodes to ogg q8
  flac_transcode some_folder -m4a -ogg      # transcodes to AAC and Ogg vorbis
  flac_transcode some_folder -all           # transcodes to MP3 v0 v2 320 m4a and ogg

flac_transcode takes a directory containing FLAC audio files and transcodes them to a variety of formats. It
preserves the file structure of the source directory including any album art or log files.


Formats:

flac_transcode tries to preserve as much data from the original FLAC files but we're not always able to copy
certain metadata. Here's what is currently suppoted:

       transcodes files       copies tags        copies album art
mp3           X                   X                     X
ogg           X                   X
m4a           X