#!/usr/bin/env sh # Description: Create an mp3 ringtone out of an audio file in any format # Needs user to provide start and end where to cut the file # Input file audio.ext results in audio_ringtone.mp3 # Requires: date, ffmpeg # # Shell: POSIX compliant # Author: Arun Prakash Jana if ! [ -z "$1" ]; then echo -n "start (hh:mm:ss): " read start st=`date -d "$start" +%s` echo -n "end (hh:mm:ss): " read end et=`date -d "$end" +%s` if [ $st -ge $et ]; then echo "error: start >= end" exit 1 fi interval=$(( $et - $st )) outfile=`basename "$1"` outfile="${outfile%.*}"_ringtone.mp3 ffmpeg -i "$1" -ss "$start" -t "$interval" -vn -sn -acodec libmp3lame -q:a 2 "$outfile" fi