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[GH-ISSUE #225] Some of the tracks come in as an M4A format. Some download as FLAC. What do I need to do so they all download as FLAC? #187
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Originally created by @Silvergish on GitHub (Jan 4, 2026).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/afkarxyz/SpotiFLAC/issues/225
I'm on an M1 Mac. I have ffmpeg installed and updated using Homebrew. Most of the tracks I download come in as FLAC files, but every once in a while I get some M4A files that do not contain metadata.
I read in another post that this could be due to my ffmpeg not being set to PATH. I ran the command "which ffmpeg" and it returned "/opt/homebrew/bin/ffmpeg" which means that ffmpeg is set to PATH. Correct? If so, why do I get some M4A files?
Is there something else I need to do to correctly set the ffmpeg to PATH so that everything downloads as FLAC with the metadata?
Can someone walk me through what I need to do? I'm a Terminal beginner and can follow instructions if I know what exactly I need to type.
Also, I'm able to convert the M4A files to FLAC in Terminal after they get downloaded, so why is SpotiFLAC not doing this when it downloads? Is this just a bug?
Thanks for any help. And thank you so much for this app!
@afkarxyz commented on GitHub (Jan 11, 2026):
Sometimes the source is indeed in m4a format, and there is nothing we can do about it.
@Silvergish commented on GitHub (Jan 12, 2026):
Ok, no worries. Thank you!