Importing and Conversion to MP3

Is there any way to convert existing imported iTunes songs to MP3?

You can convert songs in your iTunes library to another format. When you convert a song in iTunes it will be converted to the format that you have set to import your CDs in. Converting creates a second copy of the song in the format you have chosen which gives you the opportunity to either keep or delete the original. You can get details on these pages:
How to convert a song to a different format
How To Choose Import Settings

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The current embedding system has massive downsides because lots of large blue chip companies block most video hosting sites like vimeo and Your Tube.
Also these sorts of embedded players can distract viewers off your page when they finnish with links to other videos.

You might want to try MPEG Streamclip (it's free) to convert the video; it is available here:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
I can't comment on your 1.83 GHz/iMovie 09 dilemma except to guess it may work but would be excruciatingly slow (my 2.16 GHz is slow!).

AVCHD import and conversion

Hello Mac Community,
I'm needing to import some AVCHD from a sony HD cam. I understand I can import it as either AIC or ProRes. Which of the two is the best format and where do I specify it? I'm looking for whatever is closest to the original AVCHD (preserves the most source data) and has the best quality.
Additionally, I've tried importing a single clip into a new project. It appears in my clip list within FCP, however I don't know where it is actually saved on the computer. Where can I find it?
Thanks,
Steve Jr.

Open FCP's System Settings from the FCP menu, and you'll see where the files are being captured to. It's best to put them on a drive other than your startup disk for best performance.
Jerry

Importing and exporting mp3 files

I'm able to import mp3 files into iMovie and edit them but when I want to "share" this edited mp3 by exporting out of iMovie, it makes me save it with an .mov tag. I can't keep it as an mp3. This is a problem for me because when I play .mov files on my web site, it shows an entire black video screen instead of the little audio scroll bar I want with .mp3's. Any advice? Thanks

According to Grant
mp3's must be converted to AIFF format before they can be edited. So iMovie imports and converts the mp3 to AIFF. You then need to go to File>Share and choose Quicktime>Expert Settings and click the Share button. Then in the next dialog box choose Export>Sound to AIFF. Then to convert the file to mp3 import it into iTunes with MP3 set to your importing preference(iTunes>Preferences>Importing>MP3 encoder.
I'm trying to convert a movie into mobile phone format so I can display it on my mobile. My version of iMovie has the mobile 3G format to save to, but seems not to allow mp3 as an option for the audio, so the mobile, which requires mp3 for audio, shows the video and not the audio. Grant's trick above converts the audio OK, but leaves out the video. What can one do? Will upgrading to QuickTime Pro help? Is this another useful thing Apple have not bothered to do, just as they don't bother to include file transfer to mobiles (available for PCs in Mobile Phone Tools) in iSync?

Error in Adobe Captivate 4: "unable to decode and import the selected wav - mp3 file"

Good day!
I have a problem. When i want to import music file from standart Gallery, i see the mistake: unable to decode and import the selected wav - mp3 file.
I can't import mp3,wav files...
In Adobe Help site i have found this: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Captivate/4.0/Using/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d119e9582190-7fd8. html
But in my Adobe Captivate 4 directory i don't have file regsvr32 NSAudio.dll.
Question: where i can download this file?
Thanks!

Hi there
As I recall there were two different "fixes" for audio with Captivate 4. One involved replacing the dll and another had something to do with installation problems on Windows XP. So give the link below a try.
Click here to view
Cheers... Rick
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Importing and moving MP3 playlist from CD to hard disk

Hi,
The source of one of my playlists is a CD with files in MP3 format. I've addded the playlist to iTunes but want to physically move the playlist into my iTunes library on the hard disk so that I don't need the CD in the drive to play it. I know how to move individual files and reset the source but can't see how to import and move an entire playlist so that iTunes knows where it is. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.
Jane

Two ways. You can use Windows to copy them to the hard drive, and then add them to the iTunes library. Alternatively, you can set iTunes to "Copy files to iTunes Music folder..." (you will find that option in Edit > Preferences > Advanced > General) and then drag the files from the CD into iTunes.

Unable to decode and import the select wav/mp3 file

Hi,
I've been TRYING to test the Text-to-speech feature in
Captivate 4. Problem: "Unable to decode and import the select
wav/mp3 file" each and every time I want to use it. Frustrating!
I also tried importing sounds from the library, same problem.
My system is Vista Business 64Bit, 4Gb RAM, Intel SSD hard
drive, conexant high definition audio 221 on a Lenovo T400.
How do I fit this? I want to try it out damnt :)

I went through the "unable to decode and import the selected wav/mp3 file" error. After talking with an Adobe Rep, I quickly realized that I could NOT use the directions. I have no experience in using Command Prompts. I have written down the directions by key stroke for those people that are similar to me. Enjoy!
For Vista and Win7,
Click on the circle start menu,
In the search box, type in command and in the generated list, "right-click" on the comman link and change to "run as administrator".
Go back to the search box, type in command and hit enter. This will take you to the command prompt window (black window w/ white text) lol
You have to get to the right directory first.
Type: cd (space-bar) .. (hit enter)
Type: cd (space-bar) .. (hit enter)
If Captivate is installed on Program Files (x86) ---
Type: cd (space-bar) progra~2 (hit enter)
If Captivate is installed on Program Files
Type: cd (space-bar) progra~1 (hit enter)
Type: cd (space-bar) Adobe (hit enter)
Type: cd (space-bar) Adobe (space-bar) Captivate (space-bar) 4 (hit enter)
Type: regsvr32 (space-bar) NSAudio.dll (hit enter)
If you get an error at any point, re-key that particular line.
Once you see that the last line of command went through, open up Captivate and test the Text to Speech. These instructions fixed both computers I was working on!!!!

CP4 unable to decode and import the selected wav/mp3 file

I am trying to import a .wav file into a project and get an error message 'unable to decode and import the selected wav/mp3 file'.
I have tried the solution huan_miguel posted a week ago for someone with the same problem.
http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2009/03/adobe_captivate_4_installatio n.html
executed all the steps described in this link.
Unfortunately, the problem is still there.
Any other solution?

You're probably going to need to do both.
Although Captivate can certainly accept a 10 meg audio file, you would need to add it to the movie and then synchronise the slides to the audio. Chopping the audio file up and adding the relevant bits to each slide has both advantages and disadvantages. It's easier to control the playback synchronisation when you divide up the audio, but it's more work.
Take a look at this graphic from SoundBooth when I export an audio file recorded in Captivate 5:
Notice that it shows the bitrate of the Captivate WAV file as being 16 bit. This is quite a low bitrate. You can go as high as 32 bit in SoundBooth, however, in my experience, when you try to import a WAV into Captivate that is over 16 bit you will encounter issues. Cp just doesn't seem to like it.
If you want to learn more about bit rates in multimedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_rate
Suffice to say, you need to find out what the current bit rate of the audio file is, and if necessary, save it as 16 bit for Captivate. For this, you will require some kind of audio editing software.
You can try using Audacity as someone else suggested: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ and try exporting the file out as 16 bit.
However, if you are going to be doing quite a bit of this type of work, I would suggest you invest in Adobe Soundbooth, or something of that ilk. You'll enjoy the experience more.

Unable to decode and import the selected wav/mp3 file

I am trying to import mp3's into a Captivate 3 presentation
but keep getting this error "Unable to decode and import the
selected wav/mp3 file." I am using the same mp3 files that I have
used many times with projects in Cap1 and Cap2. I have converted
the files to wav's and tried but I'm still getting the same
message. I have a deadline and I'm stumped.
Any ideas?

Hi DianaUNC
Interesting. I've seen it happen with WAV files but not MP3.
Do you still have Captivate 2 around? If so, do these successfully
import into Captivate 2? One thought was that you might pop them
into something like Audacity and save them out again. Perhaps
something is amiss with the encoding used.
Or you might try the trick of opening them in Windows Sound
Recorder and saving them out of that in a different format. I know
that works with one particular WAV file I have.
Cheers... Rick

Importing and Converting AIFF to MP3

Purchased a CD with 12 AIFF files of music. Copied files to USB drive and inmported to iTUNES 8.0.2 and successfully imported files but the artist info and album name are gone. My ultimte goal was to convert from AIFF to mp3 so I could load it on Blackberry Bold 9000 on microSD card. Is there a way to import AIFF files while retaining info on music and save as mp3 files ?

AIFF files have no tagging. This article explains how iTunes remembers CD's - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93952
To be as painless as possible I would import/rip the tunes directly from the CD into iTunes and allow iTunes to go to the internet to fill in the blanks. If you do it this way then iTunes should tag the mp3's.
MJ

ITunes Import Settings - Conversions

I was just wanting to know how to change the settings of my itunes so that when I import music into it, it automatically converts the music from MP3 to AAC; so therefore the music imported is already in AAC format when it appears. I've set the import settings to AAC and all that, but when i either drag and drop music from explorer into the library; or go through the file-> add file/folder to library route, it still imports it as an MP3 and i have to convert it after.
Can anyone help?
Thanks.

Chris CA wrote:
UrbanBurbanTurban wrote:
I was just wanting to know how to change the settings of my itunes so that when I import music into it, it automatically converts the music from MP3 to AAC;
Is there some reason you are converting from MP3 to AAC?
All this really does is lower the quality of the music.
About the only reason you would need to do it is if you require an AAC file but iTunes and iDevices will work fine with MP3.
It's because I ran out of space on my ipod. I tried the 'convert higher bit rate files to ACC' thing, so it'd convert them as they synced onto my ipod; but practically all of the artwork failed to show up. I created the library in the hope it would solve the artwork issue (which it has, SCORE!) and it also eradicates the need for conversion every single time i want to sync my ipod (not sure if it would actually have to convert everything for each sync but oh well...)
It's slightly annoying i guess, i mean you have to add new music to both libraries instead of the usual one; but it's worth it, i have a 32 gig ipod and it's gone from being completely full to having over 10 gig of free memory which works out at about 2500-3000 songs worth (ish). Plus, there is little to no difference in sound quality which i can make it; and i have a good ear too

Mixdown and convertion to mp3 making sound speed up + iTunes problem

Suddenly, when I Export to mixdown to mp3 in Auditon 3, I get a track that has speeded up slightly and sounds almost 'chipmunky'. I have tried to look at the MP3 conversion status and that all seems to be as it was with CBR and MP3 selected. Everything 'appears' to be as it was but the sound tells me something different.
Also, I don't know if anyone can help but everytime I try to import audio from a CD, I get .cda tracks that are iTunes which means I can't import them. I have uninstalled iTunes (don't know what possesed me to install it anyway!) and have gone through everything to see if anything iTunes related remains on the computer but can't see why it is still making all CDA files into iTunes versions?
Hope that makes sense
Nick

Eric
First of all: Tried the CDA solution and went into Folder Options and
changed the CDA option to Windows Media Player but the tracks still appear
as iTunes.cda and will not import into Audition - we have to play in real
time to record anything to the program. That one is driving me round the
bend!!
Secondly: the answer to the question below: I mix the session in Multitrack
and then go to File/Export/to Audio and choose the MP3 option from the
dropdown list in the box that opens. I type in the name of the track and
then click on Options to make sure the correct settings are in the MP3 box -
that is CBR and MP3; 192kbps, 44100 Hz, Stereo (7.4:1) - then I close down
that window and click Save.
Hope that is the info you needed
Nick

IPhone won't play music imported from CDs or mp3s not downloaded from itunes

When I first downloaded iOS 7, all of the music I had in my iTunes synched to my iPhone, but now new CDs I just imported and previous songs I imported from CDs won't synch (I've tried over wifi and usb). When I click on songs on my phone that were from CDs, they look as if they are going to play and then skip immediately. Mp3s I downloaded do the same thing. Mind you, everything was working fine until updating to iOS 7.0.4. I've been looking around the forums and have found that problems like this are relatively common and it's a shame Apple hasn't done anything to fix it.
When my phone is hooked up and I click on "on this iPhone", it says the music from CDs and mp3s is on, but the titles come up gray with these litte circle things next to them
Just checking now, I noticed some songs I bought from iTunes are doing the same thing.
I tried manually synching, but when I click to drag the songs into my phone, the section that has music, movies, etc. just flashes and nothing happens. I know something is wrong because I just put a ringtone onto my phone the same way.
Oh, I also noticed that when my iPhone is synching and the steps go through at the top it skips steps 3, 4, and sometimes 5 (The Apple symbol pops up instead then goes straight to 6 and 7) so I know it's not recognizing the fact I put a bunch of new music in iTunes. Also, when I look at the bar at the bottom that shows how much memory is on my phone, this shows up:
and that Documents and Data thing was not there before.
Can someone please give me ideas on how I can stop this rediculousness without buying a new phone?

Did you already try the suggestions mentioned in this article?
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases

Having HUGE issues with captivate 4 and vista- receive MP3/wav error messages and 0x80070005 error codes- Is there help out there?

Just uploaded Captivate 4 Educator Version to my vista machine (Dell XPS M1530). When right click Captivate 4 in admin mode, Adobe Acrobat 9 loads/configures. [Question- Why does this happen every time, and can I stop?]. I then I import my ppt. Then all the wav files embedded in the ppt come up with another error message unable to decode and import the selected wav/mp3 file. Then when I go to do text to speech, I can pick out the person "Kate" but I also get the same error message- unable to decode and import the selected wav/mp3 file. HELP! There has to be another person out there that has had a similar issue.

Hi there
Seeing as you just installed, have you appliled the update? Click Help > Updates... to check. If that option fails, try visiting the updates page at the link below:
Click here to view
Cheers... Rick
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How can I convert my music, and CDs to MP3, for use in my vehicle's AM/FM/ Stereo? I have a 16 GB SDHC Card, that I would like to load up with some of my music.

How can I convert my music, and CDs to MP3, for use in my vehicle's AM/FM/ Stereo? I have a 16 GB SDHC Card, that I would like to load up with some of my music.
Thanks for any help you can furnish.
Ed

Well, this question really belongs in the iTunes forum, which is where you will get fast answers.
Just go to iTunes Preferences. Click on the General icon. Set When you insert a CD to Ask to Import CD. Click on Import Settings. Set Import to MP3 decoder. Make sure you're using Good Quality.
This should deal with your CD's.
With your current music, as long as it does not have DRM restrictions (older iTunes Music did), select the song, right click on the song (or group of songs), pull down to Create MP3 version.

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