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Inspiring
March 7, 2019
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No audio in Lightroom

  • March 7, 2019
  • 7 replies
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Just moved lightroom to a new computer.  None of the imported video clips have sound.  Is there a Codec I need to download.  it plays on my old computer.

    Correct answer CWiker

    I seemed to have solved the problem.  Went into performance and first purged video cashe.  Then I raised the max cashe size to 12GB and now if I give the clip a few seconds (10-20) to fully load...i now have audio on those clips.  Haven't tested all video formats yet but it is looking very positive.   Thanks to everyone who has been helping me...Thanks to all.

    7 replies

    Community Expert
    December 27, 2020

    Put me on the list of users that have had this fix the lack of audio on a video clip.

    CWikerAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    March 8, 2019

    I seemed to have solved the problem.  Went into performance and first purged video cashe.  Then I raised the max cashe size to 12GB and now if I give the clip a few seconds (10-20) to fully load...i now have audio on those clips.  Haven't tested all video formats yet but it is looking very positive.   Thanks to everyone who has been helping me...Thanks to all.

    Participant
    May 1, 2020

    CWiker, Thanks for that.  Solved my problem too.  Brian

    CWikerAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 8, 2019

    Could the problem be that all my files are now an external hard drive and not on one of the two internal computer drives?  I found the very short video files do play their audio at times. 

    CWikerAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 7, 2019

    None Play...mov, mp4, avi none have audio

    really don't want to reset defaults...i've just got some other things right where I like them.

    johnrellis
    Legend
    March 7, 2019

    really don't want to reset defaults...i've just got some other things right where I like them.

    This article explains how to save and restore the original preferences, in case resetting them doesn't fix the problem: https://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

    CWikerAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 7, 2019

    Lightroom Classic to be exact

    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    March 7, 2019

    Hi CWiker,

    Could you please let us know the video file format you have imported in Lightroom Classic CC? Also, you may try reset Lightroom preferences back to defaults and let us know if that helps.

    Here's the link for the steps: How to set Lightroom Classic CC preferences

    Regards,

    Mohit

    CWikerAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 7, 2019

    Windows 10 and running Lightroom CC latest update.

    John Waller
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 7, 2019

    Which version of Lightroom? Which operating system?