Audio
FLAC to MP3, for everything that will not play FLAC
FLAC is the right format to archive music in and the wrong one to carry around. This makes a portable copy without touching your originals.
Processed on your own hardware · never transmitted, never stored
What happens when you drop a file in
The file stays put. Your browser opens it the same way an image viewer would. There is no transfer, which is why there is no upload bar to watch.
An encoder arrives once. The first job on this site pulls down a compiled build of FFmpeg, roughly 30 MB. It is kept afterwards, so every job after the first starts immediately.
Your own hardware does the job. The work happens in this tab, on your processor. A laptop from the last few years handles short clips in well under real time.
The result lands in Downloads. Assembled in memory and handed straight to your browser. Close the tab and every trace of it is gone.
Lossless is for keeping, not for carrying
FLAC compresses audio without discarding anything — a FLAC file decodes back to exactly the samples that went in. That makes it ideal for archiving a collection or storing masters.
The cost is size. FLAC typically runs half the size of WAV, which still means three to five times an MP3 of the same track. A thousand-album library that fits on a phone as MP3 will not as FLAC.
Support is the other half. Car stereos, older players, most Bluetooth speakers and a good number of streaming uploads still expect MP3.
Keep the originals
Convert a copy and leave the FLAC files where they are. Because FLAC is lossless, you can regenerate MP3s at any bitrate later, at any quality you like. Delete the FLAC and that option is gone forever.
Common questions
How much quality will I lose?
At 320 kbps the difference is inaudible to nearly everyone under normal listening conditions, including on good headphones.
Why not just use FLAC everywhere?
Because a lot of hardware simply cannot play it, and the files are several times larger.
Can I get FLAC back from the MP3?
No. Compression discards data permanently. Always keep the original.
Do my files get uploaded?
No. Nothing leaves your device.