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CS5 audio problems
Hey guys,
I just upgraded to AE CS5 (mac) and am having some audio issues. First off when I try to use .aiff files the audio preview plays from random parts of the clip, mostly from the beginning of the track instead of where the playhead is. I’ve since been using .wav files but now am getting this error:After Effects warning: Unable to start audio playback. Please confirm your audio device is properly configured or change the driver selection in Preferences:Audio Hardware.
I’ve been running CS4 on the same system for a year now and never had any problems. Now hardware has been changed and AE preferences are the same as they were in CS4.
Anyone else have these problems? I’m wondering if a new install of AE will possibly fix it??
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Here’s a new technical support document on this issue, which acknowledges a known issue with AIFF, recommends transcoding to WAV, and mentions a fix that is in the works:
“Audio playback or RAM preview is scrambled or jumps around in After Effects CS5 or Premiere Pro CS5”
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From the words of one popular and famous radio engineer “are you kidding me?”
Glad I checked this out here. The other issue I noticed with AIFF files in CS5, is the waveform line would suddenly disappear.
Hope there is a fix soon. I’m so used to working with AIFF files with my projects. -
Forgive me Todd, but I noticed that your post was from June. It’s now the middle of August and is there nay resolution to this problem?
Cheers,
John
J. Grote, Jr.
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The fix is coming soon. I can’t say exactly when.
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It appears the problems persist…now 9 months later. I have all kinds of problems with audio previews and AIF files. And the program is overall quite buggy.
The old Adobe would have fixed this problem in 3 days…if it ever was allowed to ship in the first place.
The Shantanu-Narayen-led Adobe permits absurd bugs like this to be sustained for months and even years. That’s been my Adobe experience with AE, Flash and PSD over the past few years.
I’ve lost a lot of respect…and gained a boatload of frustration here.
Life is full of funny particles.
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Have you installed the After Effects CS5 (10.0.1) update, which was released months ago? That update fixes this problem.
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Let me be clear: the audio no long jumps around or gets completely out of sync like it did previously. I was quite familiar with that bug in the initial release.
But I’m still getting repeated error messages where previews won’t play…or sound like Chipmunks..or have long delays…or I have to invoke them multiple times before they play properly.
This is just not acceptable for shipping software that’s been out on the market for nearly a year!
Life is full of funny particles.
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If you’ve installed the update and are still encountering problems, then please submit a detailed bug report, including the error messages that you’re getting and as much detail as possible about your source footage, your computer system, and what you’re doing when the problems occur.
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Todd, I do appreciate the responsiveness of your comment.
Yes, I am running the After Effects CS5 (10.0.1) update.
It isn’t unusable as before…but audio is still substantially more buggy than CS4. The bugs hit every single session…often multiple times.
(fyi…I’m a heavy AE user and veteran since the mid 90’s AE Cosa days (version 1)
Every single time I open the program (and often even just when opening a new doc or switching apps) the audio will be at chipmunk speed until I preview the second time. I also very frequently get a stall and/or an error message either when doing a full preview…or just an audio preview.
Life is full of funny particles.
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Craig,
If you’re still having trouble with “chipmunk” sound, see this thread, in which a solution is described for an instance of this issue.
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Technical Support for professional video software
After Effects Help & Support
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