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Old 09-26-2021, 11:32 PM
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Default Re: Apple QuickTime Install Mac Mini M1

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Originally Posted by Top Jimmy View Post
Were m4a ever supported for direct import? I know wav, aif, sd2, and mp3 are/were, but I’m not aware of it ever directly supporting any other file types.

I think (it’s been a while) Pro Tools can import an m4a file if it’s encoded as AAC. I don’t believe it can import an m4a file if it’s been encoded as ALAC.

It’s kind of annoying as they use the same container (m4a) but are entirely different algorithms. Same as renaming an m4a file as m4r for their ringtone format. Same AAC encoding, but different file extension.

Again, it’s been a while, but I do think you can import an AAC m4a file. I recall dragging in music from iTunes purchases years ago without converting. Not in the studio otherwise I’d test it for you.


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