diff --git a/other/get_md5.ps1 b/other/get_md5.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dd72ce33df59357df49824bc9885f13d38738fa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/other/get_md5.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#   (C) 2022-2024 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
-#   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
-#   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
-#   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
-#   contributors to this repository. All Rights Reserved.
-
-#   This software is protected by copyright law and by international treaties.
-#   The IVAS codec Public Collaboration consisting of Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
-#   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
-#   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
-#   Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., VoiceAge Corporation, and other
-#   contributors to this repository retain full ownership rights in their respective contributions in
-#   the software. This notice grants no license of any kind, including but not limited to patent
-#   license, nor is any license granted by implication, estoppel or otherwise.
-
-#   Contributors are required to enter into the IVAS codec Public Collaboration agreement before making
-#   contributions.
-
-#   This software is provided "AS IS", without any express or implied warranties. The software is in the
-#   development stage. It is intended exclusively for experts who have experience with such software and
-#   solely for the purpose of inspection. All implied warranties of non-infringement, merchantability
-#   and fitness for a particular purpose are hereby disclaimed and excluded.
-
-#   Any dispute, controversy or claim arising under or in relation to providing this software shall be
-#   submitted to and settled by the final, binding jurisdiction of the courts of Munich, Germany in
-#   accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany excluding its conflict of law rules and
-#   the United Nations Convention on Contracts on the International Sales of Goods.
-
-param(
-    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-    [String]$proc_output_dir,
-    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
-    [String]$out_file
-)
-
-(Get-ChildItem $proc_output_dir -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.Name -like '*c??.wav' }) | 
-ForEach-Object { 
-    $name = $_.Name
-    $hash = (Get-FileHash $_.FullName -Algorithm MD5).Hash
-
-    "$name $hash" >> $out_file
-} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/other/get_md5.sh b/other/get_md5.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 63%
rename from other/get_md5.sh
rename to other/get_md5.py
index feca7db7e5453bd1e324b2d86efa031c069d7dc4..557c8a5008ab96446745228ff9a765c086620a1b
--- a/other/get_md5.sh
+++ b/other/get_md5.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
 #   (C) 2022-2024 IVAS codec Public Collaboration with portions copyright Dolby International AB, Ericsson AB,
 #   Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Huawei Technologies Co. LTD.,
 #   Koninklijke Philips N.V., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy, Orange,
@@ -28,27 +27,44 @@
 #   accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany excluding its conflict of law rules and
 #   the United Nations Convention on Contracts on the International Sales of Goods.
 
-# simple script to create MD5 files as if produced by Microsoft Powershell
-# run from within proc_output_x folder
-
-if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 proc_output_dir testname.md5"
-    echo "Requires: md5sum (Linux) or md5 (macOS)"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-system=$(uname -s)
-
-if [ "$system" = "Darwin" ]; then
-    md5="md5 -r"
-else
-    md5=md5sum
-fi
-
-tmpfile=`mktemp`
-echo "" > $tmpfile
-for f in $(find $1 -name "*c??.wav"); do
-    echo ${f##*/} $($md5 $f | awk '{ print toupper($1) }') >> $tmpfile
-done
-cat $tmpfile | sort > $2
-rm -f $tmpfile
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+from hashlib import md5
+
+
+def get_hash_line_for_file(file: Path, experiment_dir: Path):
+    with open(file, "rb") as f:
+        hash = md5(f.read()).hexdigest()
+
+    filepath = file.relative_to(experiment_dir)
+    # always print forward slashes even on windows to be able to diff the result files
+    hashline = f"{str(filepath.as_posix())} {hash}\n"
+
+    return hashline
+
+
+def main(experiment_dir, out_file):
+    wav_files = sorted(experiment_dir.glob("proc_output*/**/*c??.wav"))
+
+    hashlines = [get_hash_line_for_file(f, experiment_dir) for f in wav_files]
+
+    with open(out_file, "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(hashlines)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Cross-platform script for generating MD5 hashes of output files for the characterization testing experiments."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "experiment_dir",
+        type=Path,
+        help="Directory of the respective experiment (e.g. experiments/characterization/P800-12",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "out_file", type=Path, help="Output text file with filenames and Hashes"
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args.experiment_dir, args.out_file)