# Support for reading AAC/m4a files for chord detection

**URL:** https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/support-for-reading-aac-m4a-files-for-chord-detection/21287
**Category:** Scaler 3 Feature Requests
**Created:** [April 7, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/support-for-reading-aac-m4a-files-for-chord-detection/21287 "2025-04-07T02:12:16Z")
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### Author: ![EdZbflat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3d9bf3/32.png) [@EdZbflat](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/EdZbflat)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/support-for-reading-aac-m4a-files-for-chord-detection/21287/1 "2025-04-07T02:12:16Z")

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Requesting the ability to use m4a/AAC audio files for chord detection (not the DRM protected version). I’ve got a very large library of songs that I’ve composed and exported to m4a and would like to be able to use the chord detection feature on them.