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  Re: After Effects error: opening sound component (-2166) Please help!

  Posted by Vincent Champagne on February 9, 2006 at 1:07 am

  Hi !

  I am working with the “Classroom in a book” guide to learn the program After Effects 5.5.

  I encounter the same problem when I come to work with a audio file in the lesson number 4 !

  The idea is to create a solid and apply on it an “audio spectrum” effect, joined to an “aif” file.

  When I try to visualise the result, it gives me the same warning : After Effects error: opening sound component (-2166) 10 : 44

  Even worse, when I want to rework the effect option, it doesn’t stop sending the same message over and over. I even had to force quit the program once.

  I tried working with an mp3 and a wav file, doesn’t work either. I tried lowering the resolution, didn’t work. I reboot the computer, no change. I changed the sample rate from 44K to 48K and back, still the same.

  I don’t know if it has anything to do with that, but I had installed yesterday some new memory (512 m) and I now have 768megs. The new component has a problem ? Or is it a kind of bug from AE, since I am not the only one with that problem ?

  Thanks for your help, if any one can help !

  Vincent

  Andy Taplin replied 20 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jim Kanter

  February 11, 2006 at 6:26 pm

  Can’t help if we don’t know what your system consists of. Mac or Windows? Software versions? Sound card? etc.

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com
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  Andy Taplin

  March 20, 2006 at 2:35 pm

  This appears to be a problem with QuickTime 7. The solution is to go back to version 6 (there’s a link on the Apple site somewhere)The latest version of iTunes won’t work but this might not be an issue for you.

  It might be fixrd in version 7 of AFX? Anyone know for sure?

  Andy

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