# \[X\] M4A files are smaller after saving with Mp3tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-m4a-files-are-smaller-after-saving-with-mp3tag/13227
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [March 16, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-m4a-files-are-smaller-after-saving-with-mp3tag/13227 "2012-03-16T11:58:27Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-m4a-files-are-smaller-after-saving-with-mp3tag/13227/2 "2012-03-16T20:23:06Z")

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> [@Just for My Memory](#):
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> Original post here:
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> [/t/13078/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13078/1)
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> An example with another MP4 audio file:
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> Please consider.

I doubt that a missing feature is a bug. I would have expected this post just like the original one in the section "general discussion".  
I also doubt that the iTunes way is really the only way - or could be considered to be a bug just as well.  
Fascinatingly, other use complain about the opposite effect: that the padding seems to stay the same  
(see [Remove Artwork and filesize stays the same](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/11670/1)  
So i do not understand the point of the argument. What would be the benefit to keep the padding? I can only see the waste of disc space.

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