ffmpeg & cmd: convert WAV to MP3 in Win7 using FFmpeg

Trabla: ffmpeg & cmd - convert WAV to MP3 in Win7 using FFmpeg

Solving:

1. Install FFmpeg for Windows
https://visvis.googlecode.com/files/ffmpeg-win32-setup.exe

2. Create Folder Structure & files

C:\WAV_to_MP3
C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV
C:\WAV_to_MP3\MP3
C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV_to_MP3.bat

3. Place WAV files into folder C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV

4. Edit file  C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV_to_MP3.bat - type following command line script + Save

SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\ffmpeg
for %%f in (C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV\*.wav) do ffmpeg -i %%f -f mp3 C:\WAV_to_MP3\MP3\%%~nf.mp3

where
C:\Program Files (x86)\ffmpeg - location folder of  ffmpeg.exe file

for %%f in (C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV\*.wav) do  - means foreach file in folder C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV\  with any name but extension .wav execute command after word "do"

ffmpeg -i %%f -f mp3 C:\WAV_to_MP3\MP3\%%~nf.mp3  - ffmpeg conversion command
%%f - input file name ( full path )
%%~nf - only file name without path and extension


5. Run C:\WAV_to_MP3\WAV_to_MP3.bat in cmd.exe