flac2mp3 : a mass flac to mp3 converter bash script for synology and ubuntu

Read the disclaimer This bash script searches recursively directories and converts .flac to mp3. A text database keeps an inventory of converted files, enabling the script to run on a schedule. The original file tree structure is mirrored to the converted file tree structure. You can get the script here : https://github.com/youpla/bash_flac2mp3 Since DSM 6, synology provides a bash implementation that is close to what you would find on Linux systems, enabling easily bash code porting. This script uses different compiled tools to achieve its goal. There are GUI tools that manage flac files conversion. Most of those tools achieve what this script does not, they are multi-threaded, optimized for speed and highly customizable. flac2mp3 on the other hand is more of a slow background process you can run on a synology or linux shell. The script has been tested on Synology and Ubuntu (18). Prerequisities In order to work, this script need the following tools to p...