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MP3 to AAC

Anyfile converts an MP3 audio to an AAC audio for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.

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What changes from MP3 to AAC

Sound qualityEncoded at 192 kbps, which most people can’t tell from the original
Tags and cover artTitle, artist, album and cover carried over where AAC holds them; lyrics and some rarer tags aren’t yet
File sizeUsually smaller: AAC compresses more tightly than MP3

When to use AAC: Streaming audio, digital radio and soundtracks taken from video files.

Options

Open the file in the audio editor to choose before downloading:

  • Quality: 96 to 320 kbps

The two formats

.mp3

MP3 audioMPEG-1 Audio Layer III

A lossy audio format from the MPEG-1 standard, largely developed at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute in the early 1990s. It shrinks music by dropping sounds people are least likely to hear.

Music libraries, podcasts and audio that has to play on almost any device.

Opens in every phone, computer, browser and car stereo

About MP3 files

.aac

AAC audioAdvanced Audio Coding

A lossy codec standardised by MPEG in 1997 as the successor to MP3, usually sounding better at the same bit rate. A bare .aac file holds the raw stream without an MP4 wrapper.

Streaming audio, digital radio and soundtracks taken from video files.

Opens in Music, QuickTime, VLC, Windows Media Player, most phones

About AAC files

Questions

How do I convert MP3 to AAC?

Drop your MP3 file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the AAC downloads straight away. To change it first, open it in the audio editor.

Is my MP3 file uploaded anywhere?

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.

Will I lose quality?

AAC is a compressed format, and Anyfile saves at high quality, so the difference is very hard to notice.

Can I convert several MP3 files at once?

Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every AAC inside.