Why I can’t Play M4A on Android Devices and How to Solve?
Part1: Why my Android Device can't Recognize M4A File
M4A (Apple Lossless Audio) is an audio coding format by Apple, used for storing audio data losslessly without losing any quality, open source and royalty-free.
Unfortunately it is not compatible with all portable audio players or Android phones. This is also the reason why Android phone can’t play M4A.
M4A VS MP3
Video size. M4A can compress audio with the same bit rate in smaller file size than MP3. (M4A format files typically have a stereo bit rate of 128kbps, 192kbps or 256kbps)
Video quality. M4A apples ALAC code has the best original sound quality.
So, if you want to play M4A files on Android phone, converting M4A to MP3 is a good choice. MP3 is still the most popular audio format thanks to its much better compatibility.
Part2: How to Play M4A on Android
Converting M4A file to MP3 for Android is an easy thing; you just need to follow my steps.
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Step1 Load M4A Audio. Click Add File button on the top of interface.
Step2 Set output format MP3. On the bottom of the interface, click the Profile line, choose General Audio > MP3 as the output format in the pop-up list.
Step3 Edit M4A. Click Edit button on the top of the interface, you can do Effect, Crop, Rotate, Watermark changes to video/audio file. Take Effect as an example.
Click Effect button and then adjust audio file’s volume on the right of the window.
Step4 Click Convert button to start converting M4A to MP3 now.
By the way, if you have some small video/audio files, you can try to convert m4a to mp3 online.