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Anyfile converts an M4A audio to a FLAC audio for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| Sound quality | No further loss (what M4A already left out doesn’t come back) |
|---|---|
| Tags and cover art | Title, artist, album and cover carried over where FLAC holds them; lyrics and some rarer tags aren’t yet |
| File size | Usually larger: FLAC compresses less tightly than M4A |
When to use FLAC: Archiving CDs and high-resolution music without any loss of quality.
.m4a
An MPEG-4 file that holds only audio, usually AAC and sometimes Apple Lossless (ALAC). Apple popularised it for songs bought and ripped in iTunes.
Music on Apple devices, iPhone voice memos and ringtone sources.
Opens in Music, QuickTime, iPhone, Windows Media Player, VLC
About M4A files.flac
A lossless audio codec created by Josh Coalson in 2001 and now maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. Files are noticeably smaller than WAV yet decode to an exact copy of the original.
Archiving CDs and high-resolution music without any loss of quality.
Opens in VLC, foobar2000, Windows Media Player, Audacity
About FLAC filesGoing the other way? Convert FLAC to M4A
Everything that converts to FLAC
Need to change it first? Open the audio editor
Drop your M4A file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the FLAC downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the audio editor.
No. The file is read and converted by your own browser, and nothing is sent to a server. You can check: open your browser’s developer tools, go to Network, and convert a file. No upload appears.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every FLAC inside.