Sound Converter is a gnome sound conversion available for Linux. You can convert music files into another format (OOG, MP3 and Flac). The tool is very simple, just add the files, set the destination directory and convert the files.
Installation
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install soundconverter
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Suggested packages:
gstreamer0.10-lame
The following NEW packages will be installed:
soundconverter
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 67.4kB of archives.
After unpacking 438kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe soundconverter 0.9.6-1 [67.4kB]
Fetched 67.4kB in 3s (19.8kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package soundconverter.
(Reading database … 165954 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking soundconverter (from …/soundconverter_0.9.6-1_all.deb) …
Setting up soundconverter (0.9.6-1) …
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$
How to run?
Click Applications > Sound & Video > Sound Converter
Click ‘Add Files’ or ‘Add Folder’.
Select files that you want to convert then click ‘Open’.
Your files list then will be displayed.
Click ‘Edit’ menu and select ‘Preferences’.
Set your destination directory.
Set your type of result.
Then click ‘close’.
To start the process, just click ‘Convert’ button.
If you convert another files, first you have to remove the old list.
Just select the files then click File > Remove.
For default installation, MP3 format is an optional. Mean, you have to install it seperately.
Install GStreamer MP3 Encoding
From Ubuntu Terminal screen (Applications > Accessories > Terminal), type:
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
[sudo] password for taufanlubis:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 41.6kB of archives.
After unpacking 127kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse 0.10.6-0ubuntu1 [41.6kB]
Fetched 41.6kB in 3s (10.8kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse.
(Reading database … 165976 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse (from …/gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse_0.10.6-0ubuntu1_i386.deb) …
Setting up gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse (0.10.6-0ubuntu1) …
taufanlubis@toshiba:~$
Now, MP3 encoding is ready.
Excellent..!!! and very nice
Thanks! A great help.
Some online flv to audio converters work fine but not if too many people use them all at once.
SoundConverter allows me to use UnPlug to download flvs from YouTube first, then convert them to audio later, at my leisure.
Very Nice
I’ve been looking for this kinda solution. Gee thanx!!
it did not work
it says comand not found
May be you use different Linux distro.
This guideline is only for Ubuntu.
I have been using Sound Converter for a long time to convert .wav files to mp3 format. But today I had a .mpg file which I needed to convert to mp3 format. So I opened Sound Converter, browsed to my .mpg file and brought it into Sound converter. Selected the destination format as mp3, and gave the command to execute. It accepted the command, but it has been going on for quite some time, and the “time left” counter is going UP instead of DOWN. Now it says there are 68,000 hours left, and going up continuously. So obviously something isn’t right. Could you give me some insight? Thanks!
Thanks a lot! ^^;
thanks a lot, i have done on ubuntu 8.10 perfectly
Excellent job explaining the procedure – it worked exactly like your description – thank you very much
PS:
I am using a wubi-installation with ubuntu 8.04
Very Good
Thanks great.
thanks buddy ………..
works perfectly …………
cheers BUDDy…!!!!!
it is possible to convert even smaller file in soundconverter?
thanks
- the current setting can not go lower than 64 bit
Thanks for the tip on Sound Converter, i had it installed all along but didn’t know it could convert .flv to mp3 (flash to mp3)
new users can find this program under
Applications –> Add Remove Applications then search for Sound Converter
Thnx Again
Thank you very much for these! More power to Linux users!!!!!
Godbless….
Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
how long does it take to convert??
Thank you soo much!
Thank you so much!!!
great tutorial man,
THX A LOT