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This Question is pretty much the same as this one: Convert Ogg Vorbis to MP3 with Metadata only in reverse
I want to convert all my Music Library From MP3 (some are WMA or M4A, but those can be handled manually if need be) to Ogg Vorbis, as I finally booted (in the shoe-sense) Windows from my Desktop. I've looked in the Repos and found Sound Converter and OggConvert, but Sound Converter loses all my Metadata and Ogg Converter can't batch. I've also tried mp32ogg on the commandline, but the Filenames it gives are just awful.
Does Anyone know a batch MP3 to OGG Vorbis Converter that doesn't lose Metadata or mess up filenames?
I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 and I'd prefer Free Software.
P.S. I wouldn't mind FLAC either. Anything Open Source.
5Be careful with your conversions - you could lose audio quality if you aren't careful. If you have CDs for any of this music, you might want to go re-rip the CDs directly to OGG Vorbis, rather than convert those tracks and risk audio quality. – Michael Kohne – 2010-02-18T11:49:59.710
Careful or not, converting from a lossy codec to another lossy codec will lose audio quality. Maybe with high quality source the result will not by terrible. – fluxtendu – 2010-02-18T13:33:01.143
What metadata did soundconverter throw away? I have over 6,000 congs originally ripped using itunes I converted to ogg using soundconverter. It retained tags that iTunes had put in that Rhythmbox couldn't display. I 'rediscovered' them just recently using the QuodLibet player. – DaveParillo – 2010-02-18T21:25:33.170