Use Python's pip installer. Install pip if you don't have it.

Install trax using pip:

pip install https://github.com/dsully/trax/zipball/master

• ffmpeg

To use the flac-add-padding tool, you need pyflac, which requires the SWIG & FLAC development libraries.

To import files into the database, run:

trax-import --progress --path /path/to/your/music

Currently supported input formats are: FLAC, MP4 (ALAC/AAC) & MP3.

Once your metadata is imported, you may optionally run:

• flac-add-padding
• flac-add-replaygain
• fix-various-artists-compilations

To transcode audio & copy tag data, run:

trax-transcode --progress --source-dir /path/to/your/music --dest-dir /path/to/your/transcoded {aac,alac,mp3}