Maury Mccown

Q: No Audio In FCPX Timeline, But It's In The Clip Window

I grabbed some video with my iPhone and imported it into FCPX. I'm ready to start editing, so I drag the clip into the timeline -- but there's no audio. Previewing the clip in the Clip window/area pays the audio just fine -- but I get nothing in the Timeline. I see the waveform, I see the meter moving like it should -- but no audio.

 

What am I doing wrong?

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Posted on Jul 24, 2011 5:32 PM

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Q: No Audio In FCPX Timeline, But It's In The Clip Window

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  • by Maury Mccown,

    Maury Mccown Maury Mccown Jul 24, 2011 5:39 PM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Jul 24, 2011 5:39 PM in response to Maury Mccown

    Okay, so I stumbled on a context menu that said "Open in timeline," and that "enabled" the audio. What the heck does that mean? How was I suppossed to know to do that?

  • by Yianni5,

    Yianni5 Yianni5 Feb 5, 2012 1:58 PM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Feb 5, 2012 1:58 PM in response to Maury Mccown

    I'm having exactly the same issue. When I do 'Open in Timeline' I can hear the audio but when I go back to the project timeline it doesn't play again. It also plays the audio in the preview window, just not from the main timeline. Any ideas?

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Feb 6, 2012 12:36 AM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Feb 6, 2012 12:36 AM in response to Maury Mccown

    Look at the Edit->Source Media menu. Chances are that it is set to "Video only".

    If that is the case, when you drag a clip to the timeline only its video will be used - seems to be the problem you are both experiencing...

  • by Old & Loyal Mac User,

    Old & Loyal Mac User Old & Loyal Mac User Feb 12, 2012 4:17 PM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Feb 12, 2012 4:17 PM in response to Maury Mccown

    Chances are your current project (timeline) is setup as "Surround Sound" audio but your audio monitoring is only capable of stereo. Click on the Project Libray, select your project, click on the info button, then select the little wrench tool on the right. From the popup menu, choose Stereo rather than Surround in Audio Channel menu. That should do the trick!

  • by Yianni5,

    Yianni5 Yianni5 Feb 13, 2012 8:38 PM in response to Old & Loyal Mac User
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    Feb 13, 2012 8:38 PM in response to Old & Loyal Mac User

    That fixed it! Thank you so much. I could not figure it out. I'm curious why FCP would default to Surround Sound for the project when I imported iPhone video footage. Good to know for the future though.

     

    Thanks again,

    Yianni

  • by bernthis,

    bernthis bernthis Dec 11, 2012 8:48 PM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Dec 11, 2012 8:48 PM in response to Maury Mccown

    I cannot hear anything on any of my projects or in any of my event foldera.  I tried checking the audio and it's still in "stereo"  I went to event media and it's on 'all'.  I'm so aggravated. Why is this happening? also, the volume on my computer is on high and there are no headphones plugged in.  today is just not my day when it comes to electronics.

  • by oxmox11,

    oxmox11 oxmox11 Apr 1, 2013 7:21 PM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Apr 1, 2013 7:21 PM in response to Maury Mccown

    I have exactly the same problem I checked all the suggestions here but still have no sound unless I click on open in timeline  but as soon as I switch back the sound is gone.

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Apr 1, 2013 11:35 PM in response to oxmox11
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    Apr 1, 2013 11:35 PM in response to oxmox11

    Are you sure the audio is there in the project? Do you see the audio waveforms? 

    Could you accidentally have set Edit->Source Media to "video only"?

    In the picture below, you can see two clips, one with audio, one without.

     

    Screen Shot 2013-04-02 at 7.33.41 AM.png

  • by rlib3,

    rlib3 rlib3 Jul 22, 2014 11:17 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Jul 22, 2014 11:17 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Luis!  Hi, it's me again...the person with the conversion issues?  Anyway, that has been solved thankfully.  My new problem is what has been mentioned in this thread.  Audio in Clip Viewer but not when dropped in the Timeline.  I attempted the fixes suggested in this thread but I'm using FCP Version 4.0.1 (old, I know) and the steps given aren't the same.  The first part of my project has audio in the Timeline...I'm guessing I clicked or unchecked something...I've looked everywhere and can't figure it out.  Even pulled out the manual!  Let me know if you have any suggestions and thank you in advance!

  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Jul 23, 2014 12:00 AM in response to rlib3
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    Jul 23, 2014 12:00 AM in response to rlib3

    rlib3 wrote:

     

    Luis!  Hi, it's me again...the person with the conversion issues?  Anyway, that has been solved thankfully.  My new problem is what has been mentioned in this thread.  Audio in Clip Viewer but not when dropped in the Timeline.  I attempted the fixes suggested in this thread but I'm using FCP Version 4.0.1 (old, I know) and the steps given aren't the same.  The first part of my project has audio in the Timeline...I'm guessing I clicked or unchecked something...I've looked everywhere and can't figure it out.  Even pulled out the manual!  Let me know if you have any suggestions and thank you in advance!

     

    I have not used older versions in a while, but I guess you may have disconnected the little "a1" from the big "A1" as seen in the image below. Drag to reconnect them. If this is not it, then I can only suggest you ask this in the Final Cut Studio forum (or Final Cut Express forum - I imagine that is what you are using).

     

    Screen Shot 2014-07-23 at 7.51.44 AM.png

  • by meguita,

    meguita meguita Jul 22, 2015 5:37 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1
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    Jul 22, 2015 5:37 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

    Hi Luis,

    We are having a similar issue at school, we have checked and make sure that under source media we have selected ALL not VIDEO ONLY, but we are still having the issue. The clip in both places the viewer and the timeline the sources are selected to ALL (video and audio). Any other suggestions?

  • by BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful,

    BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful Aug 8, 2015 1:03 PM in response to Maury Mccown
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    Aug 8, 2015 1:03 PM in response to Maury Mccown

    I struggled with this issue for the past few days before I figured out two possible solutions that haven't been mentioned yet in this forum. 

     

    One, relink your files.  This one seems obvious but this is the fix that had me stumped for days.  I had already relinked all the files when I opened the project.  Or so I thought.  But then a few hours later, just for giggles, I tried another relink.  That time, it found even more files that needed to be linked. That made no sense to me because ALL project files were glommed together in one folder -- no subfolders.  So, why didn't it pick up all the files the first go around?  Whatever.  After the second relink, more files appears in the timeline, but I still was lacking the audio for about 10 clips. 

     

    After fiddling around for another hour, I found a second option for fixing this issue.  Right click your audio clip and hover over the "Active Audio Angle" option.  If there's more than one source or version of the audio file associated with the video clip (for instance, if you used a shotgun mic OR if you PluralEyesed the audio to sync it up), you can select those other audio files to use with your video. 

     

    That of course was not the final fix for me, though, because the other audio files were not as good as the PluralEyes version I wanted to use (which, for some reason, was present with the video in the timeline but was lacking any presence of audio levels).  So, what I ended up doing to FINALLY get this audio issue resolved was I relinked files for the project a THIRD time and FINALLY it got the last few bits linked up. 

     

    How crazy is that?  I had to relink files THREE times in ONE folder to get all the files.

     

    The Verdict Is:  Forget Final Cut Pro X.  Switch to Adobe Premiere.  It is WAY more intuitive and user friendly.

  • by Tom Wolsky,

    Tom Wolsky Tom Wolsky Aug 8, 2015 1:13 PM in response to BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful
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    Aug 8, 2015 1:13 PM in response to BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful

    other people will have different opinions. Premiere is an over complicate counterintuitive piece of bloatwate, stuffed with useless garbage and buttons.

  • by BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful,

    BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful BecauseAppleIsntAlwaysHelpful Aug 8, 2015 1:47 PM in response to Tom Wolsky
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    Aug 8, 2015 1:47 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

    What's overcomplicated to me is that I have to relink media after highlighting EACH clip in my timeline that has missing audio to get that audio in the timeline.  That's with FCPX.  With Premiere, I only have to relink ONCE and everything is there.

     

    Yes everyone will have different opinions.  What seems to be the trend is consumers and amateurs gravitate towards the FCP series (except for FCP7, that was a great editing program for professionals) and professionals use Premiere, Avid, and sometimes Vegas.  There are reasons for that.

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