How do I add convert wav into flac to the context menu?

Question

I would like to right click on an wav-audio file in Nautilus or Dolphin and convert it to a FLAC-audio file that way with the highest possible loss less compression.

Answer 1

You can use flac tool. To install it from terminal you can use the following command:

sudo apt-get install flac

After the installation, you can convert .wav files info .flac files as follow (compression level varies from 0 to 8 - 8 being the best):

flac -8 source.wav destination.flac

Now you have to put the above command in a small bash script, then see, for example, this answer to know how to add it in the right click context menu in Nautilus.