Problems with audio import

[TeslaWrench]

Greetings, fellow Flash users!

I am currently working on an animation, or, at least, trying to do so as I am experiencing some difficulties inserting audio into my work. When I try to import an MP3-file, Flash tells me It "could not import" the file in question, without giving a reason.
If I try the same with a WAV file, the import works, but the audio displays a sudden lack in in quality (more explicitly: It sucks some major ass). Namely, it is slowed down, wich makes voices sound deep and cheesy and has a similar effect on music.

The files I use are mainly created through use of the "YouTube to MP3 Converter"-software and edited with Audacity. They are stereo sound and play perfectly with any other player I use.
My PC is an Aquado laptop, the system is Windows 7 (I dont expect this information to be relevant, but still...).

If anyone of you has heard of such problems before and/or knows a solution, he or she would earn my humble eternal gratitude.

[Blounty]

Use .wav

[sweet21]

Flash is stupid with MP3's I noticed. When you use a .wav does the animation sound good in the preview but not the final version? This happened to me alot too, sad to say I never found out why. Technology is stupid sometimes.

[TeslaWrench]

At 6/27/12 04:59 AM, Blounty wrote: Use .wav

Already tried.
The quality becomes awful, for some unknown reason.
I just dont feel like using that, especially when I see even beginners have no problems making movies with good audio.

[TeslaWrench]

At 6/27/12 05:03 AM, sweet21 wrote: Flash is stupid with MP3's I noticed. When you use a .wav does the animation sound good in the preview but not the final version? This happened to me alot too, sad to say I never found out why. Technology is stupid sometimes.

No, the sound sounds equally bad in both the preview and the final version.
It even sounds bad in the editor itself.

[Blounty]

At 6/27/12 05:03 AM, TeslaWrench wrote:

At 6/27/12 04:59 AM, Blounty wrote: Use .wav

Already tried.
The quality becomes awful, for some unknown reason.
I just dont feel like using that, especially when I see even beginners have no problems making movies with good audio.

You then have to change the audio settings in publish settings, change it too 128kb's and from mono to stereo.

Believe me people.

[SirAlex]

here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpNVipoV5kI

[TeslaWrench]

You then have to change the audio settings in publish settings, change it too 128kb's and from mono to stereo.

Believe me people.

Tried It.
Makes no difference.

[TeslaWrench]

At 6/27/12 10:39 AM, Alex616 wrote: here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpNVipoV5kI

This is not really what I asked for, as I do already know how to import audio.
My problem, as mentioned earlier, is the awful quality my audio gets once it is Imported.

Still, your reply was helpful, as it showed me how to stream.
Thank you very much for that.

[sweet21]

Well, this may or may not help but open audacity and open the audio file, then "save as" and rename it just in case. Perhaps running it through another program will fix whatever it is flash can't read.

[sweet21]

At 6/27/12 04:18 PM, sweet21 wrote: Well, this may or may not help but open audacity and open the audio file, then "save as" and rename it just in case. Perhaps running it through another program will fix whatever it is flash can't read.

Now wait never mind, apparently you already tried that. Well....im out of ideas then.

[TeslaWrench]

EUREKA!

After hours of brooding, dwelling in the dephts the omniscient dump known as internets and trial-and-erroring at random I ultimately found a solution to my import troubles. The current night is everything but young, hours of staring at the screen have made my left eye numb and temporarily color blind, and I think I am drooling. A lot.

Yet... I FOUND IT!

The answer is so simple I almost wanna cry. If Flash wont allow me to import audio without making it sound slower and deeper, the solution is -of course- to edit the tracks into being more high-pitched and short before importing them. by doing so, the final result will sound exactly the way it should.
Okay, this might involve a lot of trial and error, as well as tons of dull, repetitive work, but hey, at least I finally get some acceptable results.

Yay!

At this point, I would like to thank all those who have supported this thread.
You guys have helped me a lot, for sure.
Thanks.

That said, lets Flash!

[sweet21]

At 6/27/12 05:18 PM, TeslaWrench wrote: That said, lets Flash!

That sounds painful. But i'll remember this incase one of my audio files screws over as badly as yours did!