Audio Slowed Down After Importing to Premiere Pro

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June 9, 2017
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After I Import a video into Premiere Pro the audio is slower than normal. I was able to fix this by speeding it up to 900%, but I only have a few seconds of audio because most of it was cut off. So my question is, how can I stop the audio from getting slowed down?

Correct answer Ben5E43

I imported the audio to Audacity and then exported it as a .wav file and that worked for me. Honestly ridiculous that opensource software fixes this when I pay a subscription for Adobe!

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Anonymous

It could be some encoding issue, try using FFMpeg to re-encode the audio file:

https://youtu.be/Yb8X8YuI0xk

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Marc J in SA

Participant

Yeah, downloaded some IG TV footage that played great on the PC but imported with sound like a newly-awoken (and hungover) Barry White. So I kept the video in Premiere Project but unlinked the audio and video then deleted the bogus audio track. I then went outside Premiere and converted the otherwise kosher MP4 to only MP3 (you can do this on-line quickly & freely) and dropped that usable audio only track into my timeline right below the related video track. Being the same size they were e-z to line-up....

royGvisuals

Participating Frequently

I had the same exact issue importing a 17min clip from IGTV! haha I even tried converting the clip to audio straight in Adobe Encoder and it still came out slow/distorted. Tried 2 diff computers, Mac/PC, AE, Premier, Audition, stereo, mono, mp3, wav, checked my sound drivers and all. The online converter thing worked by uploading the same content I downloaded to the converter site so it's gotta be an Adobe issue.

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matthewb29922923

Participant

I can confirm that using Handbrake to re-encode the footage whether it's constant framerate or peak [variable framerate), works just fine. This issue has happened a few times for me now on different versions of premiere and I was able to get it to work. My issue was everything played fine everywhere else, except the most important place I needed it to, PREMIERE PRO..my audio played 200% slow. when i sped it up, it was now cut off...

..now to vent a little bit on Premiere Pro...why does a free software like Handbrake help us fix severe footage problems yet an expensive SUBSCRIPTION to Adobe cannot fix the problem?

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FluorescentApe

Participant

This worked for me. The content i imported had normal video but the audio was both slowed down and pitched down. I just put the video into HandBrake and set the Audio settings to "AAC" with the bitrate at "256"

kulpreet singh

Inspiring

Hi PhineasK,

To workaround this issue, users will convert the variable frane rate footage to a fixed/constant frame rate using the freeware applications HandBrake or Shutter Encoder software before importing and editing in Premiere Pro.

Mobile phones, screen capturing applications, drones, & webcams often use Variable Frame Rate recording, which is not ideal for use in Premiere Pro or Media Encoder.

This could affect the quality of the final output of audio, video, or both due to frame rate conversion.

Thanks,

Kulpreet Singh