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Anyfile converts an MP3 audio to an M4A audio for free, right in your browser: the file is never uploaded.
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| Sound quality | No further loss (what MP3 already left out doesn’t come back) |
|---|---|
| Tags and cover art | Title, artist, album and cover carried over where M4A holds them; lyrics and some rarer tags aren’t yet |
| File size | Usually smaller: M4A compresses more tightly than MP3 |
When to use M4A: Music on Apple devices, iPhone voice memos and ringtone sources.
.mp3
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.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 filesEverything that converts to M4A
Need to change it first? Open the audio editor
Drop your MP3 file on this page, or choose it. Anyfile converts it on your device in a moment and the M4A 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.
M4A is a compressed format, and Anyfile saves at high quality, so the difference is very hard to notice.
Yes. Drop them together and you get one ZIP with every M4A inside.