Free shell script (for Linux and other Unices) to convert real audio .ra files to mp3

Free shell script (for Linux and other Unices) to convert real audio .ra files to mp3

 

Converting Real Audio RA files to mp3 with MPlayer using free shell script

The script will convert every *.ra file below the current directory.

#!/bin/bash
for i in $(find -iname *_*.ra); do
filename=`basename "$i" .ra`
#Rip with Mplayer / encode with LAME
echo "Ripping $i"
mplayer -quiet -vo null -vc dummy -af volume=0,resample=44100:0:1 -ao pcm:waveheader "$i"
echo "Encoding $i to "$filename".mp3"
lame --preset voice -m s audiodump.wav -o "$filename".mp3

rm audiodump.wav