having a time using mp-4 audio

[Tom Wolsky]

Use Compressor to convert it to AIFF.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 3.5 HD Editing Workshop”

[Torrey Harris]

any other work around?

Torrey

[Michael Alberts]

Create a droplet to convert it to AIFF 48khz

Michael Alberts
Ambidextrous Productions, Inc.
http://www.ambidextrous.net

[Chuck Reti]

[torrey harris] “any other work around? “

iTunes

[Zane Barker]

The issue is that FCP does not like compressed audio like mp4’s or mp3’s.

That is why you need to convert them to AIFF’s

Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!

[Ryan Dill]

Try burning to a CD using iTunes, it changes the formats to mp3’s I’m pretty sure. I would use a CD-RW so you ran reuse it. Its worked for me.

[Zane Barker]

[Ryan Dill] “Try burning to a CD using iTunes, it changes the formats to mp3’s I’m pretty sure.”

No by default iTunes will make a audio CD.

Even so FCP does not likes MP3’s ether, so doing that will do you no good, my previous post clearly stated that. Both MP3’s and MP4’s are compressed audio formats, and FCP does NOT like compressed audio.

You will need co convert the file into a AIFF or a WAV file, nether of those files types are as compressed.

Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!