Movie Studio 15 Platinum. Problem adding audio file (MP3) to a project

Chris-Tringali wrote on 4/6/2020, 1:06 PM

I have Movie Studio 15 platinum. When I try to add mp3 files, they will not appear inside their folder as an option under "all media files." If I change that to search for "all files" then the music mp3 files appear and I can choose a file to add to the project. Then, when I add the mp3 file into a music channel (which is what it is) in the project, it plays back as screeching noise!

I have an Asus ROG with an i7 processor, new SS hard drive, windows 10.

I never used to have this issue. Is there a way to correct this?

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Musicvid wrote on 4/6/2020, 1:17 PM

Some mp3 files have DRM, meaning they cannot be played in nonproprietary applications. Did you download them?

Chris-Tringali wrote on 4/7/2020, 8:04 AM

Hi Musicvid. Yes. I downloaded a first set a couple of years back from audionautix.com. These were all mp3, and I had no problem using them in my videos. Then I didn't use the program at all for over a year and when I went back to do videos, they stopped working. So, next, for the video I was producing I used the beginning of a song I had on my computer for an opening sequence to a video. It got flagged on Youtube. But, Youtube sent me a link to their library of music which is approved, so I found some I liked and downloaded them. They are also mp3 files. Again, I had the exact same problem - as I stated above in my 4/6/20 post. The fix was to convert from mp3 to wav file using VLC media player. Then they downloaded and work fine.

 

KenB wrote on 4/7/2020, 8:44 AM

There are existing posts which refer to this problem of not being able to import MP3, usually in the Vegas Pro forum, for example:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/how-import-mp3-vp17--117478/
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/vegas-pro-17-build-353-doesn-t-handle-imported-mp3-s--117801/

In all cases they are fixed by resetting to defaults, by holding Ctrl and Shift while starting the application.

Ken.

vkmast wrote on 4/7/2020, 8:52 AM

Once again (just in case) the full resetting advice

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/forum/faq-how-can-i-reset-vegas-pro-to-default-settings--104646/

Chris-Tringali wrote on 4/7/2020, 4:42 PM

Hi KenB. Thank you for the referrals, I will check them out. I will say this here as a question: I own Sony Movie Maker 15. But when I searched for help on this issue, NOWHERE can you find help for Sony Movie Maker 15!!! Why is it that everything is for Vegas Pro?

 

Chris-Tringali wrote on 4/7/2020, 4:49 PM

Ok, I just held down cntrl and shift and booted the program and while I have to go to all files to find the mp3 files on my computer, they DO now seem to work. Man, that was one long and frustrating process for such a simple solution. Sony, you should make it easier to find the help we need, when we need it.

I guess, from this point on, I should assume that any "fixes" for Vegas Pro products will also work for/INCLUDES Movie Maker 15?

vkmast wrote on 4/7/2020, 6:12 PM

You still don't own "Sony Movie Maker 15". @Chris-Tringali wrote in another thread that "the product is Sony Movie Studio 15, part of the Vegas Movie Studio product line". Actually it's VEGAS Movie Studio 15 (basic or Platinum version). Sorry to keep reminding of this, but you may find help easier when other members of the community know what you are really using. And the patches with fixes for VEGAS Pro and Movie Studio products come separately.

Musicvid wrote on 4/9/2020, 1:34 AM

In the past several weeks I have seen a rash of problems involving mp3 files and Vegas. Have done retail sales tracking in the past, I am well aware of psuedorandom clustering effects, but is there a common thread that you can put your finger on, @vkmast? Does Vegas phone home to reauthorize the plugin? Is it cranky Muses?

vkmast wrote on 4/9/2020, 4:57 AM

@Musicvid sorry, I don't have much else to refer to than Nick's FAQ (p. 10 and 11) and the @gary-rebholz comment here.

jeff-02681 wrote on 2/28/2022, 2:44 PM

I have Vegas Movie Studio Pro 14 build 127 and I can't render an audio file as mp3. The program just crashes with a dialog box that says "Movie studio has stopped working." any advice on how to fix this?