Ubuntu – How to convert WAV to FLAC and FLAC to OGG

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How do I convert a Waveform Audio File (".wav") to the Free Lossless Audio Codec (".flac")? In addition, how do I convert Free Lossless Audio Codec (".flac") files to Ogg Vorbis (".ogg") files, for use on mobile devices?

The requirement to convert WAV files to the FLAC is only for a single file and I don't anticipate that I will need to do this again anytime soon (I honestly don't even remember the last time I used a WAV file!), but the requirement to convert FLAC files to OGG will be an ongoing requirement (usually for a folder-at-a-time), as I rip my CDs into the FLAC for playback on "powerful" devices with "decent" speakers/audio output (the Sony PlayStation 3, the computer, etc…) and use OGG exclusively on my mobile devices (my smartphone, my tablet, etc…).

I am semi-competent with Terminal and am not "scared" to use it as some people understandably are (in fact for many things, I prefer it)… But with regards to this particular task, I would prefer to use something with a graphical interface where possible.

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Try Gnormilize.

Gnormalize is a GTK based tool for audio conversion. In addition to converting audio (between mp3, mp4, mpc, wav, ogg, ape and flac), Gnormalize can adjust the volume of sound files to compensate for varying recording levels. You can also use Gnormalize to rip CDs, edit metadata and play your songs as well.^Gnormalize

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Ubuntu – How to convert wav to ogg and mp3 using VBR

For MP3, I strongly suggest using Lame , considered by many (including me) THE best MP3 encoder, specially for VBR.

sudo apt-get install lame

And to encode:

lame -V 5 file.wav file.mp3

This will create a high-quality MP3 VBR file around ~130kbps, which is great for casual listening. Use -V 3 for average bitrates around ~200kbps

If you want to create id3v1 and id3v2 tags at the same time, you can use:

lame -V 5 --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ignore-tag-errors --ta artist --tl album --tt title --tn track --ty year --tg genre --tc comment file.wav file.mp3

For OGG, the most traditional encoder is Vorbis

sudo apt-get install vorbis-tools

And to encode:

oggenc -q 3 -o file.ogg file.wav

Ogg is VBR by default. -q 3 stands for default quality, you may change 3 from -1 to 10, or omit the option. Also, output file is optional. If you omit -o file.ogg it will automatically create a file with same name as input and .ogg extension. It also supports multiple input files (you can encode several at once, for example, using *.wav)

And for tagging:

oggenc -a artist -t title -l album -G genre -c comment -o file.ogg file.wav

Last but not least, since you seem to be very interested in encoding, an amazing forum for audio technical details and awesome source of knowledge is HydrogenAudio

And, for GUI, you said it yourself: soundconverter is a great choice. It does have VBR for MP3 (for OGG, its the format's default, so don't worry).

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Ubuntu – Convert lossless m4a to flac

You can convert an m4a file to flac with the ffmpeg command-line tool:

To install ffmpeg:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

To convert:

ffmpeg -i filein.m4a -f flac fileout.flac

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