AAC to MP3

A raw AAC stream has no container, so tags and cover art are usually absent to begin with. What you get is the audio, re-encoded.

Runs in your browser // nothing is uploaded

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What survives the conversion

Derived from what each format is able to store, not from what the conversion promises.

Kept

AAC carries nothing that MP3 can also hold.
ID3 tags, which AAC could not store

Lost

Nothing AAC carries is dropped by MP3.

Settings used

Decoded from raw AAC, re-encoded with LAME VBR at -q:a 2, roughly 190 kbps average.

When not to convert

Not if the target device supports AAC. It is the more efficient codec.

About these formats

Audio

What is a MP3 file?

MP3 is the lossy audio format that made digital music portable, standardised as part of MPEG-1 in 1993. Newer codecs such as AAC and Opus sound better at the same bitrate, but nothing matches MP3 for sheer universality: it plays on essentially any device ever made.

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Common questions

Does converting AAC to MP3 lose anything?

Nothing this conversion can preserve is dropped. A raw AAC stream has no container, so tags and cover art are usually absent to begin with. What you get is the audio, re-encoded.

Are my files uploaded when I convert AAC to MP3?

No. The conversion runs in your browser tab, so the file is never transmitted and the page works offline once loaded.

What settings does Filoven use for AAC to MP3?

Decoded from raw AAC, re-encoded with LAME VBR at -q:a 2, roughly 190 kbps average.

When should I not convert AAC to MP3?

Not if the target device supports AAC. It is the more efficient codec.