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WAV в M4A
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Экспорт в M4A зависит от MediaRecorder и поддержки кодеков в вашем браузере.

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WAV to M4A Converter Online — Browser Based

An uncompressed WAV costs roughly 10 MB per stereo minute, which is awkward to keep in a phone library or send over a messenger. This page repacks the track into an M4A container with AAC audio — the format Apple Music, Notes and stock phone players accept without argument. Everything runs on your device through the browser's MediaRecorder, so whether it succeeds depends on your browser's AAC support. See also: turn the finished M4A back into MP3, a raw AAC stream with no container, keep the original with no quality loss.

How to use it

  1. Pick the source in the WAV file field; .wav, audio/wav and audio/x-wav are accepted.
  2. Press the convert button — the browser plays the track into its recorder and encodes AAC as it goes.
  3. Wait it out: recording happens in real time, so a ten-minute WAV takes about ten minutes.
  4. If you get an unsupported-format message, retry in Safari or use the WAV to MP3 tool instead.
  5. Save the .m4a, then hit the reset button before loading another file.

FAQ

Why does the tool say M4A is unavailable in my browser?

Export uses MediaRecorder, and the browser decides which output types it offers. Safari on macOS and iOS usually writes mp4/AAC, while desktop Chrome and Firefox often only offer WebM/Opus. Rather than mislabel a file, the page says so. Retry in Safari, or take the WAV to MP3 route.

Why does encoding take as long as the recording itself?

MediaRecorder encodes the stream as it plays, in real time, so an hour of audio takes about an hour. Browsers do not expose a faster offline AAC encoder. Keep the tab in the foreground — a backgrounded tab can throttle playback and truncate the result.

How much quality is lost going from WAV to M4A?

AAC is lossy, so some spectral detail is gone for good. On speech and podcasts the difference is hard to hear; on dense mixes and cymbals it is more obvious. Keep the WAV as your master for editing and treat the M4A as a delivery copy.

Can I choose the bitrate or sample rate?

No. The page exposes only file selection, convert and reset; the bitrate is whatever MediaRecorder picks, typically around 128 kbps. For a specific bitrate use a desktop encoder and keep this tool for quick everyday conversions.

Will the result import into Apple Music?

A plain AAC-in-M4A file is the native format for Apple's ecosystem, so the library accepts it. Voice Memos does not import files directly, but you can drop the m4a into Files or iCloud Drive and play it with the stock player.

Does my WAV stay on the site's servers afterwards?

The source never leaves the tab: the page reads it through the File API, plays it locally and assembles the output in memory. Only the HTML and script come from the server. Close the tab and no temporary copy or log entry remains.

Examples

Band rehearsal headed for a phone library
Before: rehearsal.wav — 106 MB, 16-bit PCM, 44.1 kHz, stereo, 10:00
After: rehearsal.m4a — about 9 MB, AAC, same length and sample rate
Voice comment to send over a messenger
Before: comment.wav — 12 MB, 16-bit PCM, 44.1 kHz, mono, 2:15
After: comment.m4a — about 1.1 MB, AAC, mono