FLAC to mp3 without ffmpeg for proper joint_stereo

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I am trying to encode flac files to mp3.

When using the command ffmpeg -i "$source" -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 0 -joint_stereo 1 -ar 44100 -y "$dest" I get an mp3 file but it is stereo and not a joint_stereo. The reason is a 3 years old bug https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/4954

I tried using this command flac --silent --decode --stdout "$source" | lame -V0 -m j -s 44.1 --silent -y "$dest" but it fails.

Has anyone here addressed this issue?
I can use the stereo, but with joint_stereo you have more available bandwidth for the file.

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Hi! Welcome to beets!!

You might get a few more bites here if you explain more what you mean by “fails.” What error do you get?

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Hi Adrian, thanks for the warm welcome.

When transcoding it prints these. It never finishes and I have to exit.

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It feels as if the pipe is leaking.
Is there anyone that has a solution for the joint_stereo issue?

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Maybe you just need to pipe the result to a file? Like, add > $dest to the end?

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I tried both flac -cd "$source" | lame -V0 -m j -s 44.1 > "$dest" and flac -cd "$source" | lame -V0 -m j -s 44.1 -- > "$dest" but was giving me errors.

Then I created a file named flac2mp3:
flac --decode --stdout "$1" | lame -V0 -m j -s 44.1 - "$2"

and I changed the command in beets
command: /config/flac2mp3 "$source" "$dest"

now it works :slight_smile:

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