Convert MPEG-4 compressed audio to Audio files encoded by Flac - free lossless audio codec.
We have found 17 software records in our database eligible for .m4a to .flac file format conversion.
The question whether m4a to flac conversion is useful depends on the origin of the .m4a. If it's just standard MPEG-4 with lossy audio track then although doable, won't improve the quality.
Another possibility is actually if the .m4a files come from Apple/Mac platform and feature ALAC lossless audio track, which is what users looking for alac to flac conversion actually want. In which case you have to choose tools that support both of these lossless format, particularly ones that incorporate the open source library libavcodec
Updated: July 20, 2023
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert m4a to flac on Windows
A digital media player and library
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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Convert from m4a file | Yes, MediaMonkey supports m4a file conversion as a source file type. | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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to flac file | Yes, MediaMonkey supports flac file conversion as a target file type. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned m4a to flac. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
A popular free audio converter
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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A multimedia converter
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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A free audio converter and CD ripper for Windows, Mac and Linux
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Universal All Purpose Free Media, Audio & Video Converter Player Recorder
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Audio editing software for Windows
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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flac | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
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A music library management program - renamed to Helium (version 12) and replaced in 2016
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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A set of audio and ripping utilities for Windows
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
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A free audio editor from Nero
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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flac | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
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An audio converter and audio-grabber for Windows
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert m4a to flac on OS X
A free audio converter and audio CD grabber for OS X
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Universal video converting software for Mac
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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flac | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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Multiplatform software 
- convert m4a to flac on any platform
Google Chrome extension for Google Drive
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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flac | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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Audio converter for Windows and Mac
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
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m4a | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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flac | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
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Additional links: Open m4a file, Open flac file
M4A
Files with m4a extension are audio files stored in MPEG-4 (MP4) container and use AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), or Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio compression. M4A is very popular on Mac computers, because it is default audio format used by iTunes. M4A is also default audio format for Apple portable devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad).
FLAC
Files with flac extension are used for audio files compressed with the FLAC, aka Free Lossless Audio Codec. FLAC files do not lose any quality with their compression as MP3 do, but they are generally larger. Most modern media players support playback of FLAC files.
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