final cut pro 5 question (audio)

[Ed Dooley]

Read the friggin’ (that’s what I’m calling it now) manual (and render).
Ed

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

FCP cannot work with mp3 files at all.

They must be converted to AIFF files before they can be edited to the timeline.

[Walter Biscardi]

[lookfrancisison] “I added the video and an mp3 file to the sequence and on the top of the sequence, there’s a red line that is the length of the mp3 file.

When it plays, it plays a beeping noise the whole time. how do i fix this?”

Use the FCP Help Menu and look up Audio Render.

Also, don’t use MP3’s in FCP.

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[Rob Forsythe]

More info to above.

Final Cut Pro (along with virtually every other Pro-level edit software) is not compatible with mp3 files directly.
You must first convert an mp3 to an AIFF file, then import only the new AIFF file.
iTunes does a great job of this.
Here’s how… its really fast once you set up iTunes the first time like this:

iTunes> Preferences > Importing > Import Using: AIFF Encoder> Custom> 48.000 kHz, 16 bit, Stereo >OK

Drop your mp3 into iTunes window.
Select (highlight) the file you want to convert, then:

Advanced (Toolbar Menu)> Convert Selection to AIFF

iTunes will create a new file (in seconds) with the SAME NAME as the original, but ending with .aif
You can set up a special folder for iTunes to send it to, or just use Search to find where it “defaults to” on your HD.

Drag this new .aif file into your open FCP Browser.
The actual .aif file will (and can) stay in the iTunes folder, just its “reference” icon shows in the FCP browser.
It will play and edit just as any other media file in FCP.

[Ed Dooley]

While I agree that converting MP3s to AIFFs before using in FCP is better than using MP3s, it’s misleading (and wrong) to say that MP3s “cannot work” or “you must first convert an MP3 to an AIFF file”.
MP3s definitely work in FCP. Drop them right into a timeline and then (as I said in my post) render it. It’s not the best workflow, but it absolutely works.
Ed

[Thax] “FCP cannot work with mp3 files at all.
They must be converted to AIFF files before they can be edited to the timeline. “

[Rob Forsythe] “More info to above.
Final Cut Pro (along with virtually every other Pro-level edit software) is not compatible with mp3 files directly.
You must first convert an mp3 to an AIFF file, then import only the new AIFF file.
iTunes does a great job of this.
Here’s how… its really fast once you set up iTunes the first time like this:
iTunes> Preferences > Importing > Import Using: AIFF Encoder> Custom> 48.000 kHz, 16 bit, Stereo >OK
Drop your mp3 into iTunes window.
Select (highlight) the file you want to convert, then:
Advanced (Toolbar Menu)> Convert Selection to AIFF
iTunes will create a new file (in seconds) with the SAME NAME as the original, but ending with .aif
You can set up a special folder for iTunes to send it to, or just use Search to find where it “defaults to” on your HD.
Drag this new .aif file into your open FCP Browser.
The actual .aif file will (and can) stay in the iTunes folder, just its “reference” icon shows in the FCP browser.
It will play and edit just as any other media file in FCP. “

[walter biscardi] “Use the FCP Help Menu and look up Audio Render.
Also, don’t use MP3’s in FCP. “

[Jurij Magoga]

Even if mp3s can be imported in FCP sequences, i’ ve experienced problems trying to trimming them after the render, and the same problems occured even with AIFF file encoded with a wrong properties ( i.e. 44.100 KHz instead of 48 KHz).
The file plays good quite a bit but at sometimes it jumps randomly like a playhead on a scratched record.

[Ed Dooley]

Never had that problem, but it’s a good idea to convert MP3s to AIFF 48khz anyway.
Ed

[Jurij Magoga] “Even if mp3s can be imported in FCP sequences, i’ ve experienced problems trying to trimming them after the render, and the same problems occured even with AIFF file encoded with a wrong properties ( i.e. 44.100 KHz instead of 48 KHz).
The file plays good quite a bit but at sometimes it jumps randomly like a playhead on a scratched record. “