PBconvert Script - README

Overview

PBconvert is a small Bash script which converts MP4 video files to MP3 sound files using the 'ffmpeg' and 'lame' packages.

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Setup

• Copy the directory pbconvert to your computer.
• Open the script convert_mp4_to_mp3.sh in your favorite text editor and customize the configuration section.
• Make the script executable: chmod +x convert_mp4_to_mp3.sh
• Change to the directory of the script: cd /path/to/script/pbconvert
• Copy some MP4 video files to the input directory pbconvert/input.
• Run the script from the command line: ./convert_mp4_to_mp3.sh
• Get the converted MP3 sound files from the output directory pbconvert/output.

Support

This is a free tool and support is not included and guaranteed. Nevertheless I will try to answer all your questions if possible. So write to my email address biegel[at]gmx.ch if you have a question :-)

License

The PBconvert script is licensed under the MIT License (Expat) which is published on the official site of the Open Source Initiative.