portify A recursive file conversion utility, aimed at making it easier to get OSS audio on to iPods
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A recursive file conversion utility, aimed at making it easier to get OSS audio on to iPods Point portify at the root of your music library and it will create a mirror of the library in your chosen portable format, directory structure and all. Tags are maintained, as is your file naming convention.Installation:Ubuntu quick installIf you are running Ubuntu the following commands will get you up and running:sudo aptitude install python-mutagen vorbis-tools lame flacsudo easy_install portifyThen place a copy of example.conf as ~/.portify/portify.conf. The following code snippet will run the script:#!/usr/bin/env pythonimport osfrom portify import Config, Runnerif __name__ == '__main__': configfile = os.path.expanduser("~/.portify/portify.conf") c = Config(configfile) r = Runner(c) r()A more detailed example can be found in interactivescript.pyMore general installationTo run the software you require: * python2.5 or greater, but not python3 as yet * python-mutagenIn addition the following Ubuntu packages will be required: * vorbis-tools (for decoding and encoding Ogg Vorbis files) * lame (or your preferred mp3 package, for decoding and encoding mp3 files) * flac (if you have FLAC files)Configuring mp3 encodingIf you are encoding to mp3 you must ensure that a base subset tags are written to the mp3, even though the converter is going to write them again. This is because mutagen barfs if there is nothing there at all. To this end you'll need to ensure that, at the point of encoding, you have title, artist, album, year, tracknumber and genre as empty strings. See the section of example.confDevelopment and testingFor the tests you'll need: * python-nose * and optionally, python-coverageTo run the tests without coverage simply run the nosetests command in the root of your installation, or use the setuptools nose support by running:python setup.py nosetestsTo get a coverage report for just the portify package use the following (again in the root of your installation):nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package portifySome of the tests are (by the nature of the application) a bit slow. If you're really impatient (you'll save about 30 seconds) you can run all but the conversion tests (the slower ones) by adding the -a '!slow' switch. e.g.:nosetests -a '!slow' Requirements: · Python

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