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Mp3's will make a blip sound
Kriller77 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jan 21, 2012 11:24 Messages: 27 Offline
[Post New] May 10, 2012 12:21
I noticed that whenever I upload a Mp3 that it only makes a blip sound whenever you try to play it. The weird thing is that every once in a while it will work.

Any ideas of what is up? It would make my editing that much faster.

Thanks
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] May 10, 2012 14:55
Quote: I noticed that whenever I upload a Mp3 that it only makes a blip sound whenever you try to play it. The weird thing is that every once in a while it will work.

Any ideas of what is up? It would make my editing that much faster.

Thanks

Depends on the MP3 file. Powerdirector 9 and 10 sometimes have problems with MP3 files.

If you convert the MP3 to another Audio format such as WAV or WMA, you should be able to play the song.



Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Miguel123 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: May 17, 2012 07:02 Messages: 1 Offline
[Post New] May 17, 2012 07:07
I am having the same issues,

I import a sound clip from a recording of my voice and the mp3 file sometimes makes this weird squirrel sound at the start and then stops...

Other then converting the mp3 to another format their has to be a work around?

Thanks, Miguel
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
[Post New] May 17, 2012 08:22
Quote: I am having the same issues,

I import a sound clip from a recording of my voice and the mp3 file sometimes makes this weird squirrel sound at the start and then stops...

Other then converting the mp3 to another format their has to be a work around?

Thanks, Miguel

You can try recording Mp3 with a constant bit rate (48K ), no variable rate.

Some MP3 files just do not work well in PD9 and PD10. WAV is the safest audio format. As far as I know WAV always works.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

ganesha86 [Avatar]
Member Joined: Jan 16, 2012 00:54 Messages: 106 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 07:01
Is it a sound that you have heard before...like is it a system sound?
ynotfish
Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 17:27
System sounds in Win 7 are in .WAV format. You'll find them in C:\Windows\Media, so methinks that's not the issue.

The problem is what PD (still) does with (some) MP3 files on (some) PCs on (particular) days under (certain) conditions.

Troubleshooting this issue has proved to be very difficult, even for CL R&D! I spent about 6 months wrestling with the stupid thing!

The most time-effective solution is to convert to .WAV or .WMA before you import the audio clips.

Cheers - Tony
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jerrys
Senior Contributor Location: New Britain, CT, USA (between New York and Boston) Joined: Feb 10, 2010 21:36 Messages: 1038 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 19:09
Quote: Is it a sound that you have heard before...like is it a system sound?

No, it's like the entire clip were being played in a fraction of a second. I think that's what it actually is. Jerry Schwartz
PlaySound
Senior Contributor Joined: Dec 02, 2010 10:26 Messages: 2031 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 20:23
When I have a problem with MP3 audio, as mentioned above or another.
I open the (Wave Editor PD10) and saved, copy works perfect

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CubbyHouseFilms
Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 20:32
Hi Killer

As the other learned members have said this is a well documented problem.

Some mp3s work and some don't.

A while back I posted this same issue and attached a 'fairy twinkle' mp3 file, some members could play it some members couldn't. http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/22525.page

The solution for me was to convert my mp3 sound effects to WAV format.

I use Audacity - Google it, it's free and works brilliantly

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Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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jerrys
Senior Contributor Location: New Britain, CT, USA (between New York and Boston) Joined: Feb 10, 2010 21:36 Messages: 1038 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 20:44
Quote: I use Audacity - Google it, it's free and works brilliantly

The WaveEditor included with PD fixes them up just fine, at least for me. No need to wrestle with Audacity. Jerry Schwartz
CubbyHouseFilms
Senior Contributor Location: Melbourne, Australia Joined: Jul 14, 2009 04:23 Messages: 2208 Offline
[Post New] May 19, 2012 21:36
Quote:
Quote: I use Audacity - Google it, it's free and works brilliantly

The WaveEditor included with PD fixes them up just fine, at least for me. No need to wrestle with Audacity.


Good point Jerry

I find Audacity does a whole lot more that WE Happing editing

Best Regards

Neil
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PD10 Ultra v2023. Computer: HP Pavilion dv7, Intel, i7 2630 2.00 GHz, 8GB RAM, ATI Mob. Radeon HD 6770 2GB, Windows 7 Pre. 64
PD12 Ultra v2930. Computer: HP Pavilion dv7, Intel, i7 2630 2.00 GHz, 8GB RAM, ATI Mob. Radeon HD 6770 2GB, Windows 7 Pre. 64
PD13 Ultim v3516. Computer: HP Pavilion dv7, Intel, i7 2630 2.00 GHz, 8GB RAM, ATI Mob. Radeon HD 6770 2GB, Windows 7 Pre. 64
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