Audio files in MPEG-4 format (audio only M4A) can be simply converted to Dolby Digital AC3 format with programs like Freemake Converter or similar.
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Conversion of m4a file format to ac3 file format beta
Search for m4a to ac3 converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert MPEG-4 compressed audio to Dolby Digital sound.
We have found 14 software records in our database eligible for .m4a to .ac3 file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert m4a to ac3 on Windows
Freemake Audio Converter
A popular free audio converter
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from m4a file | Yes, Freemake Audio Converter supports m4a file conversion as a source file type. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
to ac3 file | Yes, Freemake Audio Converter supports ac3 file conversion as a target file type. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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 ac3. 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.
Adobe Premiere Pro
A timeline-based video editing software from Adobe
Aimersoft DRM Media Converter for Windows
A DRM remover and media converter
Blaze Media Pro
A multimedia converter
Freemake Video Converter
One of the most popular and free video conversion sofrware
ImTOO DPG Converter
A video to DPG convertor
SUPER
Universal All Purpose Free Media, Audio & Video Converter Player Recorder
Agree MP3 to Ringtone Converter
A ringtone converter for smartphones
xrecode
An audio converter and audio-grabber for Windows
Softe Audio Tools
A multimedia player with conversion capabilities
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert m4a to ac3 on macOS
Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac
A multimedia converter software
Wondershare Video Converter for Mac
Mac version of popular video conversion software
Tiny Audio Converter
Audio converter for Mac
Multiplatform software 
- convert m4a to ac3 on any platform
Bigasoft Audio Converter
Audio converter for Windows and Mac
Additional links: Open m4a file, Open ac3 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).
AC3
An ac3 file extension is associated with the Dolby Digital sound file format also known as AC3 (Audio Coding 3).
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