diff --git a/headphones/encode.py b/headphones/encode.py
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+import os
+import headphones
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import time
+
+from subprocess import call
+
+def encode(albumPath):
+
+	tempDirEncode=os.path.join(albumPath,"temp")
+	musicFiles=[]
+	musicTempFiles=[]
+	encoder =""
+	if not os.path.exists(tempDirEncode):		
+		os.mkdir(tempDirEncode)
+	else:
+		shutil.rmtree(tempDirEncode)
+		time.sleep(1)
+		os.mkdir(tempDirEncode)
+		
+	for r,d,f in os.walk(albumPath):
+		for music in f:
+			if any(music.endswith('.' + x) for x in headphones.MEDIA_FORMATS):
+				musicFiles.append(os.path.join(r, music))
+				musicTempFiles.append(os.path.join(tempDirEncode, music))
+	
+	if headphones.ENCODER=='lame':
+		encoder=os.path.join(headphones.ENCODERFOLDER,'lame')
+	else:
+		encoder=os.path.join(headphones.ENCODERFOLDER,'ffmpeg')
+	i=0
+	for music in musicFiles:
+		return_code=1
+		if headphones.ENCODER == 'lame':			
+			cmd=encoder+' -h --resample ' + headphones.SAMPLINGFREQUENCY + ' -b ' + headphones.BITRATE
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(music)+'"'
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(musicTempFiles[i])+'"'
+			return_code = call(cmd, shell=True)
+			if return_code==0:
+				os.remove(music)
+				os.rename(musicTempFiles[i],music)
+			i=i+1	
+		else:			
+			cmd=encoder+' -i'
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(music)+'"'
+			cmd=cmd+' -ac 2 -vn -ar ' + headphones.SAMPLINGFREQUENCY + ' -ab ' + headphones.BITRATE +'k'
+			cmd=cmd+' "'+os.path.join(musicTempFiles[i])+'"'
+			return_code = call(cmd, shell=True)
+			print return_code
+			if return_code==0:
+				os.remove(music)
+				os.rename(musicTempFiles[i],music)
+			i=i+1
+			
+	shutil.rmtree(tempDirEncode)
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