README for flac-src-shibatch

version: 0.3 (march 2013)

Script to resample flac files to a given sample rate and bit depth using the Shibatch SRC in twopass non-fast mode while preserving the flac metadata stored in the original files.

Requirements

ssrc>= 1.3 flac sox just for the soxi file analyzer, not intended to be used a an audio backend

Installation of the former commands can be achieved on Debian based systems by executing:

sudo apt-get install flac sox

Installation of ssrc on Debian and Ubuntu can be achieved by following the instructions on http://lacocina.nl/shibatch-ssrc-packages/.

Background and usage

• Script to convert FLAC files using Shibatch SRC while preserving meta data

Default conversions

• 88.2 KHz DVD-audio files are upsampled to 96KHz (ratio 147:160)
• 176.4 KHz files are downsampled to 96Khz (ratio 80:147)
• 192.0 KHz files are downsampled to 96Khz (ratio 2:1)

License

Copyright 2011, 2012, 2013 Ronald van Engelen r.v.engelen@gmail.com, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.