MP3 Encoder

Description

This thing is a distributed MP3/OGG encoder. The idea is that you use one script to rip a CD into .wav files, and the other you run on as many computers as you have, and they check out .wav files, encode them, and write them as .mp3 or .ogg files.

The ripper script also names the files and directories based on data found in the FreeDB database.

This thing requires that you share your mp3 directory via NFS. The encoder machines must have read and write access to the directories created by the ripper. I do it with group access, and make the directories sgid.

The third script is a CGI program to show you the statistics of your mp3 encoders.

Support

This stuff was writting some time in 2001, so naturally it’s seriously outdated.

Downloading

This is, of course, free software. Use at your own risk, no guarantee or support shall be provided.