Instruction on how to convert lossless .wma to .flac

| Monday, May 17, 2010
I had some lossless .wma files that I wanted to convert to .flac, but Sound Converter was giving me issues and couldn't accomplish the task. So I did some digging and found a way to do on the Ubuntu forums. I thought I'd pass along this info in case it might help someone else. Here is the link to the original post I found the info at:
Code:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=54821

And here is my clarified version of these original instructions:
How to convert wma audio files to flac:

Step 1: In Terminal enter the command
Code:
sudo apt-get install mpg321 vorbis-tools

Step 2: Then in synaptic find and install "nautilus-script-manager" and "nautilus-script-audio-convert"
Step 3: In Terminal enter the command
Code:
nautilus-script-manager enable ConvertAudioFile

Step 4: Now right click on the wma audio file in Nautilus and you will see a "Scripts" option with a "ConvertAudioFile" option. Use this to convert the wma to wav.
Step 5: Now use the program Sound Converter to convert the wav to flac.

This was the easiest method I could find, and worked really well. I'm sure there are other methods to accomplish the same task as well, and if you've got one post it up. The more info we can share with each other the better.

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