Working on a theatrical sound editing project and have ripped some audio from video files on YouTube. I have done this without problems for years and now am unable to import MP4a without first converting the file to .WAV or MP3 (otherwise MP4a file plays back as just a 3-second screech). Do I really need to convert every file to MP3 or .WAV??? I’ve already scrubbed my original audacity program and re-downloaded it. The libraries are all connected and everything should be working…but it’s not.
So you’re saying that Audacity does import the file, but it sounds like garbage?
Do any other applications play the file correctly?
How big is the file?