How Do I Convert My .M4a files to .mp3 or .wav?

[Ibrahim Hughes]

Droid users. How do you convert your .M4a files (from your voice recorder) to .mp3 or .wav?

[Brendon Woirhaye]

Depends on your purpose.  m4a is a more modern compression system than mp3, so the files will get larger if you recompress it in mp3, and even larger if you move to the (completely uncompressed) wav.  As m4a is already lossy compression, you won't get any audio quality benefit of moving it to a .wav file.

Google is your friend, look for utilities that will do recompress into different formats for whatever operating system you use.  videohelp.com or doom9.org may be of help.