When you'd do this
Your music is in FLAC but your phone, car or player doesn't play it, or you want a collection that fits in a fraction of the space.
What to expect
A 4-minute track in FLAC is typically about 24 MB. As an MP3 at 320 kbps — where this page starts — it's about 9.2 MB; at 192 kbps, about 5.5 MB.
Recommended settings
320 kbps: a FLAC has lost nothing yet, so it's worth giving the MP3 the most it can hold, and it's still around a third of the FLAC's size. 192 kbps is fine if space matters more.
Where it plays
Every phone, car stereo, music app and player — including iTunes and Apple Music, which won't play FLAC.
Good to know
- Track titles, artists and album art aren't copied — re-tag the MP3s in your music app.
- Hi-res FLACs (96 or 192 kHz) are resampled to 48 kHz, the most MP3 can store.
- An MP3 made here can be up to 60 minutes long; plenty for a track, not for a long DJ mix.
- Safari reads a FLAC whole, so there it can be up to 200 MB and 30 minutes; Chrome, Edge and Firefox read it piece by piece.
How to do it
- Choose your FLAC files, or drop them on the page — as many as you like.
- Each is set to MP3. Change one on its own row if you like, and the MP3 bitrate and the channels in Settings.
- Convert all, then download each MP3, or all of them in one .zip.
Questions
- Is a 320 kbps MP3 as good as FLAC?
- Not bit for bit — MP3 is lossy — but at 320 kbps very few people can hear the difference.
- Can I convert a whole FLAC album to MP3?
- Yes. Add every track, press Convert all and download them together as a .zip.
- Are my FLAC files uploaded?
- No. Everything happens in your browser; the files stay on your device.