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<LINK rel=stylesheet type=text/css href="Style.css"><h1>Configuring M4A Properties</h1> 

<p class=level_1_indented>The MPEG-4 (M4A) Audio format produces very small files with excellent audio quality.&nbsp; Many portable audio players support M4A including Apple iPod/ iPhone, Microsoft Zune etc.&nbsp; M4A is an audio-only variation of the MP4 file format.</p>

<p class=level_1_indented>To configure M4A Conversion Settings, click <strong>Formats</strong> &gt;&gt; <strong>M4A</strong> &gt;&gt; <strong>Configure</strong>.</p>

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<H2 class=ltr>Audio Properties</h2> 

<p class=level_1_indented>By default, the compressor that is selected is <strong>MPEG-4 Audio</strong>.&nbsp; The frequency is set at <strong>48000 Hz</strong>, bitrate at <strong>128 Kbps</strong> and audio channel on <strong>Stereo</strong>.</p>

<p class=level_1_indented><strong><u>Preserve ID3 Tags (file description details)</u>:</strong></p>

<p class=level_1_indented>Audio files can contain information like the name of the song, artist, album, etc.&nbsp; On enabling the option <strong>Preserve ID3 Tags</strong>, the information is read from the original file (if available) and is encoded into the new one.&nbsp; When you play the output file, your media player displays this information.</p><BR>