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m4a

What is a .m4a file?

audio/mp4

M4A is an MPEG-4 audio container, essentially an MP4 file holding audio-only content, usually AAC or sometimes Apple Lossless (ALAC). It supports rich metadata and chapters and is the standard for iTunes and Apple Music downloads. The .m4a extension signals audio-only MP4 content.

How to use a .m4a file

Use an example M4A to test MP4 container parsing, AAC or ALAC decoding, metadata and chapter extraction, and converters between M4A and MP3 or FLAC.

Convert a .m4a file to another format

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