Here’s a modification of a bash script I made a while back to convert anything that mplayer can play into an mp3 file. Change bitrates and the like to taste.

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#!/bin/bash
#
# any2mp3
#
for i in *.$1; do
mplayer -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast "$i" -ao pcm:file="${i%.$1}.wav"
done
for i in *.wav; do
lame -h -V2 --vbr-new "$i" "${i%.wav}.mp3"
done
rm *.wav

Say you are in a directory of m4a files, just run any2mp3.sh m4a and wait.

I was looking around YouTube and I thought I’d see if there was any of Analog’s music on there. They were a big player in the hardcore scene in Omaha when I was in high school, I probably went to their shows a few times a month on average. Amazing band.

I found this video from the Sam Herrington Memorial show at the Rock.. I don’t remember what year it was, but it was the most insane hardcore pit I had ever seen. Had to have been 30+ people dancing at once, it was crazy. Lots of headwalking at the end, around 3:15. Anyway, I thought I’d post it in memoriam of the more or less dead 402 scene.

I had some m4a encoded files I wanted in mp3 (don’t judge me) so I cooked up a modified script from one found here, that does the trick.

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#!/bin/bash
#
# m4a2mp3
#
for i in *.m4a; do
  mplayer -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast "$i" -ao pcm:file="${i%.m4a}.wav"
done
for i in *.wav; do
  lame -h -V2 --vbr-new "$i" "$(i%.wav}.mp3"
done
 
rm *.wav

I was getting a little sick of foobar2k here at work, and installing cygwin with KDE seemed a little overkill just for Amarok. I decided to give songbird another try. This is my new fave music app for windows. It has enough similarities to my beloved Amarok that it makes for a very good player. It could use some better playlist features, maybe some smart playlists, but all in all pretty awesome.

The Lincoln band Willis? that I mentioned briefly in an October post is finally releasing their CD on Saturday, I might go to the show. Check their website for details. It’s only a 6 song disc but it’s good. How would I know? Well, you can listen to the whole thing on their website, and if you have 1337 skills you can download it to hold listen to offline. Not that I’m encouraging that or anything.