• Adobe After Effects

  AE audio error

  Posted by Audiosnawk on May 11, 2006 at 2:30 am

  yesterday i did a RAM preview on a composition and i got the following error:

  “After Effects error: opening file “%s”. sound channel – can’t open QuickTime handler (-2004)”

  however, when i “Make Movie” the audio plays…

  i had completed this project on Monday without this error and then all of a sudden yesterday, this has become a problem. any idea how i can fix this?

  btw, i’m running Mac OS X 10.4.6.

  Tim Kurkoski replied 20 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Tim Kurkoski

  May 11, 2006 at 5:17 pm

  I had this problem on some newer G5’s in our office. Here’s how to fix:

  1. Go to Applications/Utilties and open Audio Midi Setup.
  2. Under the Audio Output section change the format to 44100.

  These new G5’s (and the MacTels also, I think) are shipping with newer sound cards that support audio rates above what AE can support. Hence, the error.

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