MP3 files not importing correctly

Moderator: Ken Berry

Post Reply
davidbrown100

MP3 files not importing correctly

Post by davidbrown100 »

I am using VS7 and considering upgrading to VS9.

In the meantime I have a problem importing sound tracks. It seems that for mp3 soundtracks where the bit rate is not 192kb/s, the length of the track changes dramatically.

e.g. a track normally 4 mins long is over 8 in the timeline.

Is this a known problem, or am I doing something wrong.
Is it something likely to be fixed in VS 9.
User avatar
Ken Berry
Site Admin
Posts: 22481
Joined: Fri Dec 10, 2004 9:36 pm
operating_system: Windows 11
System_Drive: C
32bit or 64bit: 64 Bit
motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC
processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
ram: 32 GB DDR4
Video Card: AMD RX 6600 XT
Hard_Drive_Capacity: 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
Monitor/Display Make & Model: Kogan 32" 4K 3840 x 2160
Corel programs: VS2022; PSP2023; DRAW2021; Painter 2022
Location: Levin, New Zealand

Post by Ken Berry »

Haven't heard this one before! :lol: For instance, I regularly use MP3s in my VS9 background recorded at 128 kbps, and have no trouble. And it certainly sounds counter-intuitive -- if you double the length the playing time, then logically it would mean the resulting file would play at half-speed.

As I just said in another post, though, it appears that some users of Video Studio have trouble with certain MP3 codecs. Changing the audio to .WAV format usually rectifies these problems.
Ken Berry
Post Reply