Convert AVI to M4A

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

Turning AVI into M4A isn't really a conversion: it's an extraction: Flippy lifts the audio track out of your AVI and re-packs it on its own. You keep the sound and drop the pixels, swapping an AVI that runs usually bulky: its era's codecs compress far less than H.264 or H.265 for an M4A built for sounding great anywhere in the Apple ecosystem.

Why flip AVI to M4A

AVI is the veteran of desktop video: dependable in 1995, cranky about everything invented since. It was born in 1992, Microsoft, and its real weak spot is modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs.

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 AVI to M4A

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Drop your AVI 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.

AVI vs M4A, side by side

	AVI	M4A
Born	1992, Microsoft	2003, popularized by Apple's iTunes Store
Type	video · container	audio · lossy
Best for	opening old archives and humoring legacy Windows tools	sounding great anywhere in the Apple ecosystem
Weak spot	modern life: no proper streaming, no subtitles, no love for modern codecs	older Windows software and stubborn car stereos that expect a .mp3
Typical size	usually bulky: its era's codecs compress far less than H.264 or H.265	like AAC: better-than-MP3 sound at about 1 MB per minute
Plays on	Old Windows software and desktop players; phones and browsers mostly refuse.	iPhone, Mac and iTunes natively; most modern Android and Windows apps too.

Questions people ask

Will converting AVI to M4A lose quality?

No: extraction copies the audio that's already in the AVI. 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 AVI?

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 AVI behind: M4A simply opens in more of the places that matter.

How long does AVI 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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