A simple script that utilizes ffmpeg to convert FLAC files to ALAC losslessly while preserving metadata. The idea is that this script will convert one album at a time to ALAC. It assumes that there is artwork embedded in the files. There is a commented line that will also embed the album artwork in each output file for those who would like.

The script takes two arguments, the source FLAC directory and the destination ALAC directory. The ALAC directory will be created if it does not exist. All files with the .flac extension will be read from the FLAC directory. Run the script like so:

$ ./flac-to-alac.sh /path/to/source/album /path/to/output

Note that the paths passed in should not have a trailing slash, this is a primitive script so treat it so.