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ventolin
ventolin

Reputation: 2986

Using avconv without an output file specified

I'm using avconv in the following way in order to grab ID3 data from audio files on remote servers:

avconv -i http://myserver.com/my_music.mp3

This command will output all the info I need, which I then parse.

The problem is, it always exits with a non-zero exit status, due to the fact that no output file is specified (since I don't want to actually download the full audio file and convert it in any way).

Is there any way I can run avconv so that it

Upvotes: 1

Views: 203

Answers (1)

Radek
Radek

Reputation: 40

How about actually downloading the file only as a temp to work on, and then automatically delete it after the work's been done?

avconv -i http://myserver.com/my_music.mp3 -y /temp/temp.mp3 -f ffmetadata meta.ini
# delete temp file after it's been worked on
wait
echo "Done."
rm /temp/temp.mp3

Keep in mind that I wrote all the above from top of my head so it may contain some errors.

In order to extract the metadata of the provided audio file, you could also use a python script.

>>> from pydub.utils import mediainfo
>>> mediainfo("/temp/temp.mp3")

and add some bash snippets inside.

Upvotes: 0

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