“How to convert .flac files to .mp3 using Ubuntu Linux” is a tutorial by tech site SimpleHelp for making lossless audio ready for payback on your portable mp3 player.
You’ve downloaded some flac files, perhaps from http://bt.etree.org and now you want to convert the flac files to mp3 to take with you on your iPod or MP3 player. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to do just that, using Ubuntu Linux.
The tutorial uses SoundConverter to encode the .flac files as mp3 audio. SoundConverter looks like an excellent app for any Linux user who is into live music — it handles Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, and WAV files.
FLAC is a lossless format for audio commonly found on BitTorrent and other download sites specializing in live concert recordings. Such formats make sure you get the best sound possible — so remember that it’s fine to convert these files to mp3 for your own use, but re-distributing mp3s to other live music fans instead of the .flac files is discouraged because the sound quality is considered inferior.
