Quote I'm new to this program which is Phd 8-64 bit. I'm creating a slide show with about 65 pictures and want to add music at 8 seconds per picture. The only default music available are 5 selections in the application. I want to add my own mp3s from cds and from I Tunes music that I bought. Phd8 doesn't recognize the mp3s that I want to use. Am I using the wrong type of music files? If so what kind of music file will this program accept? My computer has the Windows 10 home edition FYI.

You may not be able to add the iTunes music depending on your type of purchase.

I just tried a short slide show with a mp3 audio file and it worked OK. Please tell us more about the mp3 files via properties. The bit rate is important. .
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Quote I'm new to this program which is Phd 8-64 bit. I'm creating a slide show with about 65 pictures and want to add music at 8 seconds per picture. The only default music available are 5 selections in the application. I want to add my own mp3s from cds and from I Tunes music that I bought. Phd8 doesn't recognize the mp3s that I want to use. Am I using the wrong type of music files? If so what kind of music file will this program accept? My computer has the Windows 10 home edition FYI.

You may not be able to add the iTunes music depending on your type of purchase.

I just tried a short slide show with a mp3 audio file and it worked OK. Please tell us more about the mp3 files via properties. The bit rate is important.

OK, I'll look into it Thanks

Hello Roger,

Welcome to the PhotoDirector forum

PhD only accepts .MP3 & .WMA audio files, so if your music is in any other format it needs to be converted. Music purchased from the iTunes store would most likely be in AAC format with an .m4a extension.

Your iTunes software can create an MP3 version.

PhD happily accepts MP3s encoded with bitrates of 128, 192, 256, & 320 kb/s.

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Quote Hello Roger,

Welcome to the PhotoDirector forum

PhD only accepts .MP3 & .WMA audio files, so if your music is in any other format it needs to be converted. Music purchased from the iTunes store would most likely be in AAC format with an .m4a extension.

Your iTunes software can create an MP3 version.

PhD happily accepts MP3s encoded with bitrates of 128, 192, 256, & 320 kb/s.

PIX

Thanks for the info. I'll use this info and experiment on getting this problem solved. Roger

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Quote Hello Roger,

Welcome to the PhotoDirector forum

PhD only accepts .MP3 & .WMA audio files, so if your music is in any other format it needs to be converted. Music purchased from the iTunes store would most likely be in AAC format with an .m4a extension.

Your iTunes software can create an MP3 version.

PhD happily accepts MP3s encoded with bitrates of 128, 192, 256, & 320 kb/s.

PIX

Thanks for the info. I'll use this info and experiment on getting this problem solved. Roger

Dear PIX: I manage to get some of my mp3s to work with PHD. I don't understand why a lot of them won't work. I've done dozens of slide shows using the Nero Deluxe 5 and the Roxio PhotoShow 6 version without any problems with the mp3s. I will keep working on this and hopefully things will get better. Also I don't know how to find out the bitrates on an MP3. I have a lot to learn about audio files.

With the PHD is it possible to have more than one music selection during a slideshow. I'm not able to use more than one song at the moment during a slide show. One more question: can other music selections be downloaded in order to have dozens of songs to work with from CyberLink web site for free or at an additional cost?

I want to thank you for the info and help that you've given to me so far. It has been helpful. "Thanks again".

You can find the bitrate in Properties in the widows file explorer, it's in the details tab.



You can also add this as a column in the explorer window so to can see ata glance what the bitrates are for a whole folder of tracks.



Regards



Phil

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Quote Hello Roger,

Welcome to the PhotoDirector forum

PhD only accepts .MP3 & .WMA audio files, so if your music is in any other format it needs to be converted. Music purchased from the iTunes store would most likely be in AAC format with an .m4a extension.

Your iTunes software can create an MP3 version.

PhD happily accepts MP3s encoded with bitrates of 128, 192, 256, & 320 kb/s.

PIX

Thanks for the info. I'll use this info and experiment on getting this problem solved. Roger

Dear PIX: I manage to get some of my mp3s to work with PHD. I don't understand why a lot of them won't work. I've done dozens of slide shows using the Nero Deluxe 5 and the Roxio PhotoShow 6 version without any problems with the mp3s. I will keep working on this and hopefully things will get better. Also I don't know how to find out the bitrates on an MP3. I have a lot to learn about audio files.

With the PHD is it possible to have more than one music selection during a slideshow. I'm not able to use more than one song at the moment during a slide show. One more question: can other music selections be downloaded in order to have dozens of songs to work with from CyberLink web site for free or at an additional cost?

I want to thank you for the info and help that you've given to me so far. It has been helpful. "Thanks again".