MP3 To M4A

Online MP3 to M4A converter. You can convert multiple MP3 tracks to M4A audio files and customize bitrate, channels, and sample rate of M4A files for free. XConvert Audio converter supports uploading file from any device including PC, Apple Mac, Android and iPhone devices. Select start and end time from video cut option to trim out the parts that you don't want.

Options OPTIONS
Setting these options is optional. The default values are a good start for most cases.
File Extension
Bitrate
Bitrate
To compress, reduce the bitrate to a lower value then the source audio file bitrate. Uploaded audio files bitrate should be shown on the file card on left. If you make the output audio bitrate too small, then output audio quality may suffer.
Audio Channel
Sample Rate
Trim (Cut) Audio

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How to convert MP3 to M4A online?

Select your MP3 files by selecting the dark blue button. Once you add all of your MP3 files , simply press 'Convert Audio' button. This will convert your MP3s's to M4A files. Just wait until we process your files to download them as a ZIP file or individual images.

Perfect Audio Quality!

We don't compromise quality for anything. You set the output bitrate of audio file and we make sure to create an audio from MP3 file for that bitrate.

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Our fast and easy MP3 to audio conveter makes it your life simpler. We do our best to separate all details need to extract audio tract from MP3 so you can just download individual files with a press of a button

More About .mp3 Files

TopicDescription
Extension
.mp3
Description
MP3 is a digital music format which allows CD tracks to be reduced to around a tenth of their normal size without a significant loss of quality. MP3 gets rid of a lot of the information recorded in a song that our ears are not able to hear and then uses complex algorithms to reduce the file size. This then enables you to get hundreds of songs on to a CD and it also has opened up a new market over the internet - the download market as download times have been significantly reduced.
MP3 is a digital format for storage of audio files designed by MPEG programmers. It is one of the most required codecs for digital coding. The format is widely used in various file-sharing sites for evaluation downloading.
With this format, it is possible to compress CD tracks up to 1/10 of their original size while maintaining high playback quality. Overtones, which cannot be perceived by a human ear, are removed. Complex algorithms allow for smaller size of tracks. As a result, one compact disk can contain several hundred songs. MP3 is compatible with all most popular operating systems and supported by the most of modern DVD-players and music systems.
Details
The MP3 format is a lossy format. That means that an MP3 file does not contain 100% of the original audio information. Instead, MP3 files use perceptual coding. In other words, that means it removes the information that your ear doesn't notice thereby making the file smaller. The reason lossy formats are used over RAW is that RAW audio files are too large to travel over the internet at any great speed. By using lossy formats it enables even dial up users to download mp3 files at a reasonable speed. RAW file formats generally require 176,000 bytes per second compared to a lossy format which requires 17,600. The difference is massive and so are the download times.
Prior to MP3 introduction, MPEG-1 had been widely used. That format contained not only audio data, but images as well. MP3 breaks an audio file into parts of the same length. When the processing is over, each part is packed into its own frame. It involves the technology of spectral limit that requires a continuous input signal to provide the use of two adjacent frames.
When spectral deleting is over, the file is to be compressed with mathematic methods. If necessary, compression rate can be changed, even inside the same frame. Files of 128 kbit/s have 11-fold compression. Further reduction of the file size will lead to significant deterioration in sound quality.
Developed By
Moving Picture Experts Group
Mime Type
audio/mpeg
audio/mp3
audio/mpeg3
audio/mpg
audio/x-mpeg
audio/x-mpeg-3
audio/x-mpegaudio
audio/x-mpg
audio/x-mp3
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More About .m4a Files

TopicDescription
Extension
.m4a
Description
M4A files are a type of audio file developed and popularised by Apple. Since 2007, music purchased through the iTunes store has been in m4a format, therefore accounting for over 15 billions files worldwide. MP4 and M4A files are often confused, and the two are quite similar, being both based on the MPEG-4 codec. However, M4A is a file comprising solely of audio, whereas MP4 may also contain video.
Apple Inc. has designed M4A format on the basis of QuickTime Fike. Now the format is being promoted in iTunes. It is a multimedia container intended for placement of sound components, as well as other data, such as images. MPEG-4 files may be stored with extensions M4A and MP4. In the latter case, they contain video as well.
Alongside these sound formats, MPEG-4 allows for lossy compaction, through FFC Codec. However, it is possible to provide a lossless compaction thanks to Apple Lossless format. The files may be played on Windows PCs via iTunes, Windows Media Player 12, KSP Sound Player, Winamp and some other programs. With iTunes, the data can be converted into Windows-supported audio formats.
Details
M4A files are superior to MP3 in terms of the scale of compression and audio quality. The M4A file uses Apple's codec and resides within the MPEG-4 container. The main benefit of M4A is that files are compressed but are lossless. This means they can be decoded back to the original quality they were at the point of compression. Another benefit of M4A files are that do not carry any Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection associated with other files meaning they are less restricted.
In comparison with its predecessor MP3, M4A format provides with better sound quality and smaller file size. Thanks to lossless compaction, the data may be easily converted in both direction with no deterioration in quality. The sound data encoded with ACC compression, which reduces the file size considerably.
Due to protection technology DRM, MP4 files cannot be easily distributed, while it is much simpler to replicate files in M4A; that is why Apple Loversprefer the latter format. With M4A, it is possible to buy music in iTunes, as well as download it into smartphones or other devices.
Developed By
Apple
Mime Type
audio/mp4a-latm
audio/mpeg
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