Creating MP3 files in Premiere? at DVinfo.net

James Emory · December 16th, 2005, 02:21 AM

I would like to create MP3s in Premiere 6.5. Is this possible? In the compressor menu, I found a compressor called MPEG Layer-3. Is that the MP3 compressor?

James Llewellyn · December 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM

Yes, I believe it is. You could download and install the Lame mp3 codec and try it out.

James Emory · December 17th, 2005, 02:26 AM

Every time I try to use that MP3 (MPEG Layer-3) compressor, it crashes the encoder.

Christopher Lefchik · December 17th, 2005, 12:53 PM

You could export a .wav file, and then encode it to with a stand alone MP3 encoder. Check out the following two Web page for some options that can be used with the Lame MP3 encoding engine:

http://lame.sourceforge.net/links.html
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm

Andzei Matsukevits · December 18th, 2005, 02:40 AM

i think you are not supposed to edit with .mp3 either in premiere.

Christopher Lefchik · December 18th, 2005, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andzei Matsukevits

i think you are not supposed to edit with .mp3 either in premiere.

Ideally, probably not. But I've done it, both with Premiere Pro and I believe in Premiere 6 as well.

Ben Winter · December 22nd, 2005, 06:19 PM

Premiere crashes for me when I try to use mp3 files. and I just found out that's what was causing it. mp3s + Premiere = trouble.

James Emory · December 22nd, 2005, 08:58 PM

I am able to load and use MP3 files in Premiere's timeline but it will crash if I try to create and export an MP3 file using the MPEG Layer 3 compressor.

Dan Robinson · December 22nd, 2005, 11:27 PM

Echoing Christopher's post - exporting WAVs then encoding with a third party encoder is pretty painless. Plus you can keep the full-quality WAVs for future use, to burn an audio CD or to convert to other formats if needed (Windows Media, RealAudio, etc). CDEx is the free app I use to convert from WAV to MP3.

Carlos Rodriguez · December 23rd, 2005, 07:58 PM

maybe it's the transcode settings, because it's always worked for me. I'm using PPro 1.5.1, and I can throw tons of MP3 on the timeline, with no beef.

Pushpa de Silva · December 24th, 2005, 06:13 AM

I do not have any problem in transferring MP3 files to time line...PPro did not crash for me...I have inserted several MP3 files in different places ..no problem...did u render before u export to DVD..

pushpa
e-mail: pushpas@hotmail.com

James Emory · December 30th, 2005, 08:44 PM

Carlos and Pushpa, the issue is not importing existing mp3 files into the timeline, it's creating them by exporting. Try that and see what happens.

December 16th, 2005, 02:21 AM	#1
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	Creating MP3 files in Premiere? I would like to create MP3s in Premiere 6.5. Is this possible? In the compressor menu, I found a compressor called MPEG Layer-3. Is that the MP3 compressor?

December 22nd, 2005, 06:19 PM	#7
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	Premiere crashes for me when I try to use mp3 files. and I just found out that's what was causing it. mp3s + Premiere = trouble. __________________ BenWinter.com

December 24th, 2005, 06:13 AM	#11
Pushpa de Silva Tourist Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4	inserting MP3 files in time line I do not have any problem in transferring MP3 files to time line...PPro did not crash for me...I have inserted several MP3 files in different places ..no problem...did u render before u export to DVD.. pushpa e-mail: pushpas@hotmail.com

December 16th, 2005, 08:45 AM	#2
James Llewellyn Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 80	Yes, I believe it is. You could download and install the Lame mp3 codec and try it out.

December 17th, 2005, 02:26 AM	#3
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	Every time I try to use that MP3 (MPEG Layer-3) compressor, it crashes the encoder.

December 17th, 2005, 12:53 PM	#4
Christopher Lefchik Trustee Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: US Posts: 1,152	You could export a .wav file, and then encode it to with a stand alone MP3 encoder. Check out the following two Web page for some options that can be used with the Lame MP3 encoding engine: http://lame.sourceforge.net/links.html http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Lame_Encoder.htm

December 18th, 2005, 02:40 AM	#5
Andzei Matsukevits Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 300	i think you are not supposed to edit with .mp3 either in premiere.

December 22nd, 2005, 08:58 PM	#8
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	I am able to load and use MP3 files in Premiere's timeline but it will crash if I try to create and export an MP3 file using the MPEG Layer 3 compressor.

December 22nd, 2005, 11:27 PM	#9
Dan Robinson Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Charleston, West Virginia Posts: 131	Echoing Christopher's post - exporting WAVs then encoding with a third party encoder is pretty painless. Plus you can keep the full-quality WAVs for future use, to burn an audio CD or to convert to other formats if needed (Windows Media, RealAudio, etc). CDEx is the free app I use to convert from WAV to MP3.

December 23rd, 2005, 07:58 PM	#10
Carlos Rodriguez Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Modesto, California Posts: 206	maybe it's the transcode settings, because it's always worked for me. I'm using PPro 1.5.1, and I can throw tons of MP3 on the timeline, with no beef.

December 30th, 2005, 08:44 PM	#12
James Emory Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,892	Carlos and Pushpa, the issue is not importing existing mp3 files into the timeline, it's creating them by exporting. Try that and see what happens.