Audio Format Converter

What does Audio Format Converter do?

Audio Format Converter transforms audio files between popular formats. Perfect for converting music libraries, podcasts, voice recordings, or any audio content to your preferred format.

• Convert audio between 8 formats including MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, OGG, and more
• Batch processing - convert hundreds of audio files in a single run
• Adjustable bitrate settings from 64k to 320k
• Configurable sample rate from 22050Hz to 96000Hz
• Output files stored in Key-Value Store with direct download URLs
• Export results via JSON, CSV, Excel, or integrate with any workflow
• Connect to any AI chatbot using Apify MCP server

What formats are supported?

MP3	WAV	FLAC
AAC	OGG	M4A
WMA	Opus

How to convert audio with Audio Format Converter?

1. Create a free Apify account using your email.
2. Open Audio Format Converter.
3. Add audio URLs that you want to convert.
4. Select your desired output format, bitrate, and sample rate.
5. Click the "Start" button and wait for the conversion to complete.
6. Download your converted audio files from the Key-Value Store.

Input

Configure the converter with these parameters:

• files: Array of audio URLs to convert (required)
• outputFormat: Target format - mp3, wav, flac, aac, ogg, m4a, wma, opus (default: mp3)
• bitrate: Output bitrate - 64k, 128k, 192k, 256k, 320k (default: 192k)
• sampleRate: Sample rate - 22050, 44100, 48000, 96000 (default: 44100)

Input JSON

{
    "files": [
        "https://example.com/song.mp3",
        "https://example.com/podcast.wav"
    ],
    "outputFormat": "flac",
    "bitrate": "320k",
    "sampleRate": "48000"
}

Output

Converted audio files are saved to the Key-Value Store with direct download URLs. Metadata for each conversion is pushed to the Dataset.

Here's an example of the output data:

{
    "inputFileUrl": "https://example.com/song.mp3",
    "inputFileName": "song.mp3",
    "outputFormat": "flac",
    "outputFileKey": "song-1706789012345.flac",
    "outputFileUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/abc123/records/song-1706789012345.flac",
    "inputSizeBytes": 5242880,
    "outputSizeBytes": 31457280,
    "durationSeconds": 180,
    "processingTimeMs": 1234,
    "processedAt": "2024-02-01T12:30:00.000Z"
}

How can I use converted audio files?

• Music library management - standardize your collection to a single format
• Podcast distribution - convert to MP3 for maximum compatibility
• Archival quality - convert to FLAC for lossless preservation
• Streaming optimization - prepare audio for web streaming platforms
• Device compatibility - ensure audio plays on all devices
• Size optimization - compress large audio files for storage savings

FAQ

How much does it cost to use Audio Format Converter?

Audio Format Converter uses the pay-per-event (PPE) pricing model. You're charged $0.0001999 per second of audio duration (~$0.72/hour). For example, converting a 3-minute (180 second) audio file costs approximately $0.036. Your costs can be easily calculated using the information in the Actor's pricing tab.

Can I use integrations with Audio Format Converter?

You can integrate Audio Format Converter with almost any cloud service or web app. We offer integrations with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and plenty more.

Alternatively, you could use webhooks to carry out an action whenever an event occurs, such as getting a notification when Audio Format Converter successfully finishes a run.

Can I use Audio Format Converter with the Apify API?

The Apify API gives you programmatic access to the Apify platform. The API is organized around RESTful HTTP endpoints that enable you to manage, schedule, and run Apify Actors. The API also lets you access any datasets, monitor Actor performance, fetch results, create and update versions, and more.

To access the API using Node.js, use the apify-client NPM package. To access the API using Python, use the apify-client PyPI package.

Can I use Audio Format Converter through an MCP Server?

With Apify API, you can use almost any Actor in conjunction with an MCP server. You can connect to the MCP server using clients like Claude Desktop and LibreChat, or even build your own.

Your feedback

We're always working on improving the performance of our Actors. If you have any technical feedback for Audio Format Converter or found a bug, please create an issue in the Issues tab.