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  • After Effects not playing any sound!

    Posted by Glyn Holmes on December 8, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Okay, this is getting a bit frustrating, as it seems to be a simple error. I’ve tried it on two different computers, and in two different versions, in several file formats.

    I import a song, place it in the stage. I press play using the normal time controls, and no sound comes out of my speakers. I checked under time controls that the mute button is not enabled, and the audio for the track is also not disabled (shown on the far left of the track).

    I’ve tried several different MP3’s, .wma, and even imported a video and no sound came out.

    I’ve checked the waveforms on each file, and they are present. The decibel bars (green yellow and red) also don’t bounce or show any activity when the file is being previewed.

    I’ve tried both CS3 and AE7.

    Help, please!

    Thanks.

    Taylor Myers replied 8 years ago 13 Members · 16 Replies
  • 16 Replies
  • Glyn Holmes

    December 8, 2007 at 8:34 pm

    Ignore my idiocy please.

    Rather embarrassing. !

    Delete thread please 🙂

  • Jack Dowsan

    December 9, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    hey dude
    i am having the same problem,
    can u tell me how to sort it out plz, i am in a middle of a project and the sound dosent seem to be working in After Effects CS 3 ( i have onboard realtek sound btw)

    Waiting for reply

  • Glyn Holmes

    December 9, 2007 at 5:31 pm

    Hey,
    Go to Composition > Preview > Preview with Audio

    Then go to your time controls box, and press the button on the far right of the play controls (the RAM preview button), and let it render out, then play it, and you will hear sound : )

  • Robert Till

    December 13, 2007 at 2:02 pm

    I’ve had this problem before, and in my case and a few others, Audio Preview and RAM Preview still don’t work. I’ve posted a few different times about it and nobody is really sure how to fix it.

  • Martin Joneso

    January 29, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    I have the same problem with audio when RAM previewing. I had audio playing before in the same project, but then it somehow stopped working.

    The mov has audio waveform in AE timeline, and I can hear it when holding command and then dragging the playhead. And also when double clicked in the project window i can hear the sound. But no sound with 0-preview.

    “Audio” is checked in the composition > preview menu, and I can’t find more mute buttons than in the timeline and the one in the transport controls. Maybe there still is one more? it’s cs3.

    Please, anyone yet solved this?

  • Martin Joneso

    January 29, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    Ok now the audio plays again, dunno how.

  • Anavaras Kumar

    October 28, 2012 at 5:24 am

    aftereffect not playing sound!plz help me.

  • Salmabi Kutty

    December 30, 2013 at 9:12 am

    go to edit >> templates >> output module >>
    if output audio is turned off >> go to edit.. option >> turn on output audio>> ok

    click on RAM rendering and wait till it render and play 🙂

  • Nikhil Bora

    April 27, 2016 at 6:39 pm

    Thanks a lot man….

  • Mora Golstein

    November 22, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    I have the same problem. I´ve tried everything suggested in here. Still, doesn’t work. New suggestions, please? 🙁

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