convert: Transcode audio during import

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(enhancement)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jckeert...@gmail.com on 30 Dec 2012 at 5:54

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Can you elaborate a little bit on how this should work? Do you want to add 
transcoded files to your library? Or automatically duplicate every imported 
file as with the current "convert" command?

Original comment by adrian.sampson on 30 Dec 2012 at 6:02

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I mean, suppose I have a folder of flacs, it would be nice to have a command to 
import the folder as mp3s.

Original comment by jckeert...@gmail.com on 2 Jan 2013 at 2:39

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It sounds like you're proposing to transcode files as they are imported. Thanks 
for clarifying. This is quite a bit different from what the convert plugin 
currently does, but it's worth looking into.

Original comment by adrian.sampson on 2 Jan 2013 at 10:03

• Changed title: convert: Transcode audio during import
• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement, Priority-Medium, Component-Plugins

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I'd like to see this as well. I'm not really interested in keeping flacs, but 
sometimes it's all I can get. I don't want to import flac, then convert, then 
remove flacs. Perhaps this could be implemented by providing a hook for plugins 
during the import phase? Something like import middleware.

Once beets has made a determination about which action to perform for an album 
during import, it could pass the pre and/or post tagged files through import 
middleware.

For pre-import middleware, the list of items to be imported could be altered by 
the middleware. E.g. convert and remove the original files to MP3 and then 
import the MP3 version.

For post-import middleware, the list of actual items in the library could be 
passed to the middleware. E.g. after importing flacs, convert from the library 
to MP3.

Original comment by real.hu...@mrmachine.net on 20 Feb 2013 at 4:40