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App for downsizing MP3s automatically when copying to a phone? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm ditching streaming services and just going with local music. However all my CDs are converted to either flac or 320kbps mp3 files on my PC and thus far too large for the limited storage I have on my phone.

I was hoping there might be an app that would automatically downconvert to something like 128kbps and then copy over to the Music directory on my phone. A bit like how Calibre can automatically convert eBook files (e.g. mobi to epub) and then send them to your ereader?

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[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Not automatic (I think) and a bit clunky but the Strawberry music player does have a transcode feature so you could select music files and transcode them a certain way output to another folder. It's not something I ever do but I did a quick test to a USB drive and it seems to work okay. It's an option if you opt to use a gui to click through.

OTOH if you're happy using the terminal and/or scripting then ffmpeg would be a better bet.

PS - Strawberry does have a panel where it lists "Devices" and maybe your phone could show up there and the transcoding would work a bit more automatically, wasn't able to test that here.

[–] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I'll give that a go, thanks :)