Stutter on exported mp3 format

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chris A
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Stutter on exported mp3 format

Post by chris A » Sun Jul 22, 2012 2:15 pm

hi all

after exporting a spoken word recording from audacity in mp3 format - i played the result in Windows Media Player (using Win 7) - the audio shows a pronounced stutter to each word - how do i correct this; i exported at 128kbps - should i go higher of use another format?

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Re: Stutter on exported mp3 format

Post by kozikowski » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:27 pm

No. That should have worked. Does the show play correctly in Audacity? No distortion or other problems? Export a portion of the show as WAV (Microsoft) 16-bit PCM format and try that. Koz

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Re: Stutter on exported mp3 format

Post by kozikowski » Sun Jul 22, 2012 7:32 pm

And just to be clear, this isn't the final solution. It's a test. Did you speak the spoken word? Koz

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Re: Stutter on exported mp3 format

Post by chris A » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:09 pm

thanks for the advice, the spoken word is a drama play pre-recorded and released by the BBC with a full cast playing the parts - when playing in Audacity the sounds are fine, it is only on export that this stutter occurs - i will try the export in wav format

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Re: Stutter on exported mp3 format

Post by kozikowski » Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:36 pm

Another thing you might try is pulling the MP3 back into Audacity and see if it plays.
Koz

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