Importing MPEG-4

From Rivendell Wiki

This script will convert m4a's to wav and format filenames for import.

 ## Put the folder with your m4a's below. ##
 drop=/var/drop/MUSIC
 ## Put your log file here ##
 log=/var/log/rivendell/drop  
 
 for file in $drop/*.m4a
 do
   title=`faad -i "$file" 2>&1 | grep "title: " | sed -e "s%title: %%"`
   artist=`faad -i "$file" 2>&1 | grep "artist: " | sed -e "s%artist: %%"`
   album=`faad -i "$file" 2>&1 | grep "album: " | sed -e "s%album: %%"`
   faad -q -o "$drop/.converted/$title _$artist _$album.wav" "$file" && rm $file
   echo "$file converted" >> $log
 done

Now make a drop box for $drop/.converted/ and use this metadata pattern;

 %t _%a _%l.wav

I run this script as a hourly cron job.