The sound recorder is not a sound converter, it's made to record audio in a format not to transcode files in the save dialog, that seems an upstream feature request but a very low priority one, to send to GNOME since those are the ones writting the software, Ubuntu will not likely invest time in that feature
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671251 Title: Sound Recorder doesn't convert opened file to lossy format To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-media/+bug/671251/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs