Trying to Create a Video of an Audiobook

[Lynnette7]

Hi all, I'm an author and I'm trying to create an audiobook to upload to YouTube. 

All I want is one static image, and the audio file under it. The book is 15+ hours long. I've compiled all the audio into one file. It is over 1GB, if that matters. The audio is an MP3 file. 

I launch PP, select the image and the audio to import and it does import both. But it will only allow me to drag the image to the timeline. I think the audio might be too long? Is this true? Or am I missing some step somewhere? 

[Peru Bob]

See here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/faq-why-does-audio-or-video-not-go-to-the-tr...

[Peru Bob]

It is recommended to convert the mp3 to wav before importing into Premiere Pro. Sometimes Premiere Pro can behave wonky with mp3 files.

You can do that with Audition.