AE H.264 Exporter - Awful Audio Quality

[Aaron5FB0]

The new H264 encoder out of AE is a welcome addition, but am I the only one experiencing absolutely horrible audio quality?  Even if I set the AAC bitrate to 512kbps, music still sounds heavily compressed.  Video quality is solid; not sure why the audio is so bad.

If I send it through to Media Encoder, audio is fine, even at a lower bitrate.

Is this a bug of some kind, or is there some hidden setting I can change?

[JohnColombo]

Hi all,

Thank you for reporting this issue. This bug with H.264 audio has been Fixed in the 23.1 version of After Effects. Please install After Effects 23.1 and let us know right away if you continue to experience this issue.

Cheers, 

- John, After Effects Engineering Team 

[Fernando22976961ayan]

I am still experiencing this issue, even after updating to the latest version of After Effects