Convert video to M4A

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You can convert video to M4A for free: upload your video above and Flippy extracts the audio as M4A in your browser, no signup needed.

Turning video into M4A isn't really a conversion: it's an extraction: Flippy lifts the audio track out of your video and re-packs it on its own. You keep the sound and drop the pixels, swapping a video that runs anywhere from short clips to multi-gigabyte recordings for an M4A built for sounding great anywhere in the Apple ecosystem.

Why flip video to M4A

Video is the heaviest thing most of us ever attach: screen recordings, camera clips, whole talks. It was born in wherever your camera, screen recorder or download came from, and its real weak spot is nothing inherently; every container brings its own quirks.

M4A is AAC in Apple's favorite outfit: the audio-only MP4 your iPhone speaks natively. An MP4 container holding only audio: usually AAC, occasionally Apple's lossless ALAC. That makes it the right destination when what you need is sounding great anywhere in the Apple ecosystem.

How to convert video to M4A

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Drop your video file into the flipper above, or click to browse for it.
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Check the output format: M4A is already selected for you.
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Hit Convert, give it a moment, then download your new M4A.

video vs M4A, side by side

	video	M4A
Born	wherever your camera, screen recorder or download came from	2003, popularized by Apple's iTunes Store
Type	video · any format	audio · lossy
Best for	any moving picture: recordings, rips, exports, downloads	sounding great anywhere in the Apple ecosystem
Weak spot	nothing inherently; every container brings its own quirks	older Windows software and stubborn car stereos that expect a .mp3
Typical size	anywhere from short clips to multi-gigabyte recordings	like AAC: better-than-MP3 sound at about 1 MB per minute
Plays on	Depends on the container and the codec inside it.	iPhone, Mac and iTunes natively; most modern Android and Windows apps too.

Questions people ask

Will converting video to M4A lose quality?

No: extraction copies the audio that's already in the video. Whatever the soundtrack sounded like inside the video, that's what your M4A will sound like.

Will the M4A file be bigger or smaller than my video?

Much smaller: you're keeping the audio and dropping the video, which is most of the weight. Expect like AAC: better-than-MP3 sound at about 1 MB per minute.

Where will the M4A file play?

iPhone, Mac and iTunes natively; most modern Android and Windows apps too. That's the usual reason people leave video behind: M4A simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does video to M4A conversion take?

It scales with length and resolution: short clips finish in seconds, long HD videos can take a few minutes. Files auto-delete within an hour after.

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