Convert AAC to M4A
We offer a free online converter that can convert audio files from aac format to m4a format, along with a range of other audio formats.
Converting your aac file to m4a is easy with these steps.
Converting your m4a file to aac is easy with these steps.
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Converting aac to m4a
Advanced Audio Coding
Extension | .aac |
Category | 🔵 audio |
Programs | 🔵 Microsoft Windows Media Player 🔵 VLC media player 🔵 MPlayer 🔵 Foobar2000 🔵 Winamp 🔵 Apple iTunes 🔵 Audacity |
Description | 🔵 A proprietary format with lossy compression, which have been created as an alternative for MP3 with a higher quality of coding. Overtones out of human perception are being removed. AAC is two times less than MP3, which means 1/10 of CD digital data. The format has been widely used since 1997 as the seventh release of the MPEG-2 family. As hardware players supply it, the format is highly demanded by music fans. It has been widely spread in Apple production and is being used by default in iTunes. |
Technical details | 🔵 The format conception is similar to MP3, but it is more advanced. Being able to execute larger compression, it is represented as a separate segment of MPEG-4 standard used to create compact audio files. AAC is highly efficient with variable and continuous bitrate, with a sampling frequency of 8-96 kHz. The current version complies with the standard of ISO/IEC 14496-3. Compression is performed based on an auditory masking effect that provides data reduction with no deterioration for sound quality. |
Developer | 🔵 Bell Labs, Dolby Laboratories, Sony, Nokia, Coding Technologies |
MIME type | 🔵 audio/aac 🔵 audio/aacp 🔵 audio/3gpp 🔵 audio/3gpp2 🔵 audio/mp4 🔵 audio/mp4a-latm 🔵 audio/mpeg4-generic 🔵 audio/x-aac 🔵 audio/x-m4a 🔵 audio/x-m4p 🔵 audio/x-m4b 🔵 audio/mp4a 🔵 audio/mpga |
MPEG-4 Audio Layer
Extension | .m4a |
Category | 🔵 audio |
Programs | 🔵 Microsoft Windows Media Player 🔵 VLC media player 🔵 MPlayer 🔵 Amarok 🔵 Winamp 🔵 Apple QuickTime Player 🔵 Apple iTunes |
Description | 🔵 M4A stands for MPEG A Audio. It is a type of audio file type that is encoded using Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) or Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC). M4A was developed to help you store a wide range of file types, such as audiobooks, podcasts, and songs. That is in addition to the fact that it is a better competitor to MP3. Some of the benefits or advantages of using M4A are:
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Technical details | 🔵 How to create and how to open an M4A fileYou can create and open an M4A file in many ways. The simplest way is to use an Apple voice recorder or convert another audio format into M4A. There are several programs and applications out there that support the playback of M4A files. Some of them are Winamp, VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player, and QuickTime. The other programs that open M4A files are Microsoft Zune, Elmedia Player (for Mac users), Apple iTunes, Rhythmbox (for Linux users), and iPad. Which other formats M4A can be converted into and whyM4A files may be a strong competitor to the MP3 file formats. Yet, this type of digital audio file format has many disadvantages, such as appearing as a data file (instead of a media or document), and low compatibility with some devices. So, here are some of the other formats or alternatives to the M4A file format:
One major reason why you might need to convert your M4A file is because it is a file extension, which means that only specific applications can open it. MP3 is supported by almost any device. You may also want to convert it to AAC because it produces better sound quality, even at low bitrates. |
Developer | 🔵 Apple |
MIME type | 🔵 audio/mpeg |