[MacDV] MP3 issues in FCP/FCE

James Asherman jimash at optonline.net
Thu Feb 17 13:52:50 PST 2005


On Thursday, February 17, 2005, at 04:06  PM, Ronald Woodland wrote:

> n the first half of every semester, this issue comes up.  Songs in MP3 
> format do not work well in FCP.  I don't know exactly where the 
> problem comes from -- whether on import into the project or on export 
> -- but there is a predictable result when using MP3 files that I call 
> "broken stream."

You really REALLY have to use QuickTime Pro or at least iTunes to 
upsample these audio clips before importing to your FCP bin. save as 
aiff at 48k.
Yes the audio breaks.
Jim



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