themysannie

Q: Audio not playing back on Motion 5! What do I do?

I don't know If it was because I was playing around with the controls (I was looking on how to extend the 10 second duration-I found out, but now I have this problem). Audio played back finely with my video clip just before I was testing the controls out! When I import a video or an audio track in, the audio plays back for a mili second and stops. Every time I click the play button in Motion 5, the audio just plays back very quickly then stops. I don't know what to do! I have a video project due soon and I'm panicking! Please, I would really appreciate if someone helped me or at least give me whatever information you may have! Thank you!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Dec 23, 2014 5:02 PM

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Q: Audio not playing back on Motion 5! What do I do?

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  • by fox_m,

    fox_m fox_m Dec 29, 2014 10:37 AM in response to themysannie
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    Dec 29, 2014 10:37 AM in response to themysannie

    Motion really isn't an application for playing media -- it's used for compositing new material to or for media. So, playback is very dependent on how much other stuff Motion has to do. For example, if you have an emitter with a birth rate in the thousands, chances are you've throttled Motion's ability to simultaneously play audio.

     

    There is a Preference you can set that will make Motion favor audio over playing frames:

    Preferences > Time

    If audio sync is lost:  (check) Skip video frames

     

    And you might have to select: Limit playback speed to project frame rate

     

    You might also have trouble if your audio is MP3. Like FCPX, audio probably should be converted to AIFF or WAV format.

  • by Macabsar,

    Macabsar Macabsar Mar 16, 2016 2:20 AM in response to fox_m
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    Mar 16, 2016 2:20 AM in response to fox_m

    Thank you fox_m..you solved my problem too..