FLAC to MP3 Converter
Drop a FLAC file and download an MP3 that plays in any car stereo, phone, player or upload form. Pick 128 to 320 kbps. Free, no account, and the FLAC is not uploaded.
Drop your FLAC file here or click to browse
FLAC, WAV, M4A, OGG, OPUS, WEBM, AAC, MP4 or MP3, up to 100 MB and 30 minutes.
The file is converted in your browser and is not uploaded.
How to convert FLAC to MP3
One track at a time, all in your browser.
- 1
Drop the FLAC
Drag a .flac file onto the converter or click to browse. One track per file works best; the converter also takes WAV, M4A and other formats if you have a mix.
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Choose the bitrate
320 kbps is the highest MP3 setting and the safe choice for music. 192 kbps keeps most music sounding good at a smaller size; 128 kbps is plenty for speech.
- 3
Download the MP3
The browser decodes the FLAC and writes the MP3 on your device, with the same name and an .mp3 ending. Add the artist and title in your music app if you need them.
Why turn FLAC into MP3
FLAC is the better file to keep. MP3 is the easier file to use.
Car stereos and older players
Older car stereos, many portable players and some smart speakers read MP3 but not FLAC. An MP3 copy plays on all of them.
Room on a phone or USB stick
At 320 kbps an MP3 is less than half the size of a typical FLAC rip of a CD; at 192 kbps it is about a quarter, so far more music fits.
Upload forms and editors
Some upload forms, slide tools and video editors only accept MP3, M4A or WAV and reject .flac without saying why.
Sending a track
A four-minute FLAC is often over 20 MB, too big for many chat apps and email attachments. The MP3 usually fits.
Lossless to lossy: what you give up
FLAC is lossless: when it is decoded, the audio is bit-for-bit identical to what went into the encoder, the same samples as the CD or the studio file. It saves space by packing that audio more cleverly, not by leaving anything out.
MP3 is lossy: the encoder discards detail it expects you will not hear, and it never comes back. The higher the bitrate, the less it throws away; 320 kbps is the most the MP3 format allows, and at low bitrates cymbals and reverb are usually the first to suffer.
So convert in one direction only. Keep the FLAC as your master copy and make MP3s from it when a device needs them; turning an MP3 back into FLAC or WAV makes a bigger file, not a better one.
File size: FLAC vs MP3
Per minute of stereo music and for a typical four-minute song. MP3 sizes follow from the bitrate; FLAC depends on the music.
| Format | Per minute | Per 4-minute song |
|---|---|---|
| WAV, CD quality (44.1 kHz, 16-bit, stereo) | 10.1 MB | 40.4 MB |
| FLAC of the same CD audio | 5.0 to 6.1 MB | 20.2 to 24.2 MB |
| MP3, 320 kbps | 2.3 MB | 9.2 MB |
| MP3, 256 kbps | 1.8 MB | 7.3 MB |
| MP3, 192 kbps | 1.4 MB | 5.5 MB |
| MP3, 128 kbps | 938 KB | 3.7 MB |
What does not carry over
Tags and cover art
FLAC files can hold the artist, album, track number and cover art. This converter writes the audio only, so the MP3 has no tags: add them in your music player or tag editor after converting.
Hi-res sample rates
MP3 stops at 48 kHz. The browser decodes the FLAC at its own playback rate, usually 44.1 or 48 kHz, so a 96 or 192 kHz FLAC comes out as an ordinary 44.1 or 48 kHz MP3.
Whole-album files
An album ripped into one FLAC with a cue sheet comes out as one long MP3 without track breaks, and is often over the 100 MB or 30-minute limit. Convert single-track FLACs instead.
Folders of files
The converter takes one file at a time. For a whole library, a desktop converter that copies tags across is the better tool; for a handful of tracks, this page is quicker.
Browser support for FLAC
The converter uses your browser's own audio decoder, so the browser decides whether it can read the FLAC.
| Browser | Converts FLAC? |
|---|---|
| Chrome (computer and Android) | Yes |
| Edge | Yes |
| Firefox 51 or later (58 or later on Android) | Yes |
| Safari 11 or later (macOS High Sierra, iOS 11) | Yes |
| Older Safari, iPhones and iPads before iOS 11 | No: update, or use another device |
Your own recordings, as text
Converting music is a one-off job. For the recordings you make yourself, such as meetings, interviews and voice notes, ParrotNotes gives you the transcript and a summary, free for 100 minutes of recording a month.
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