Audio - The selected file is not valid or is corrupted.

[Doobs]

I am running Winwows XP with Movie maker 2.1.4026.0. Video Clips are fine but
when I try & import mp3 audio files I get the message - F:\My
Data\audiofile.mp3 could not be imported. The selected file is not valid or
is corrupted.

Please could someone help
Thankyou
Mark

 

[John Inzer]

I am running Winwows XP with Movie maker 2.1.4026.0. Video Clips are
fine but when I try & import mp3 audio files I get the message - F:\My
Data\audiofile.mp3 could not be imported. The selected file is not
valid or is corrupted.

Please could someone help
Thankyou
Mark

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You may have some incompatibility issues
with your source files. Have a look at the
following article:

File type compatibility with Movie Maker
http://tinyurl.com/v8tee

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[sydman41]

I am running Winwows XP with Movie maker 2.1.4026.0. Video Clips are fine but
when I try & import mp3 audio files I get the message - F:\My
Data\audiofile.mp3 could not be imported. The selected file is not valid or
is corrupted.

Please could someone help
Thankyou
Mark

i am runnig xp i had the same problem with my movie maker be coz i have
install media player codec 2 and block me from burning and eding music and
back ground music now i am so happy after unistalling codec programs for
madia player i am back to normal plz unistall any codec's for media player
on ur pc and u be ok.worst software is the media player codec pack v2.2.0
last 7 days i tho i was gettin crayz,let me know how did u go plz

 

[sydman41]

i am runnig xp i had the same problem with my movie maker be coz i have
install media player codec 2 and block me from burning and editing music and
back ground music now i am so happy after unistalling codec programs for
madia player i am back to normal plz unistall any codec's for media player
on ur pc and u be ok.worst software is the media player codec pack v2.2.0
last 7 days i tho i was gettin crayz,let me know how did u go plz

 

[RickAH]

I found I had to rewrite some of the MP3 tags to remove unrecognized
characters. You need a special program for that, but there are many free
versions. This solved the problem of importing certain mp3 files into
MovieMaker.

Rick.