unable to access the audio codec driver

rebrab001 · Post by **rebrab001** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:11 pm

When trying to create a video file and selecting mp3 for audio under the video save options I get the message "unable to access the audio codec driver".
What is the fix for this?

Post by **Ron P.** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:36 pm

Welcome to the forums,

Even though VS is suppose to be able to utilize MP3 audio, it does not do it very well. This is more due to MP3 being a video file with the video stripped away. This can cause problems for video editing programs . So we recommend converting the MP3 files to WAV before using them in VS.

Try using AUDACITY, a free open source utility for recording and editing sounds. It is capable of converting your mp3 files to wav.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:34 pm

It would also be helpful to know what format *video* file you were trying to create which would use .mp3 audio...

FYI, further to Ron's suggestions, Video Studio seems to have particular problems with the LameMP3 codec. I believe that one may come as part of the Nero suite package.

rebrab001 · Post by **rebrab001** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:09 pm

It was AVI with MP3

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:13 pm

Unfortunately, there are around 800 video formats which use the .avi extension... Was it by any chance DivX or XVid?

rebrab001 · Post by **rebrab001** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:16 pm

I tried both with the same error.