(MP3) Could not import 1 of 1 items! (5.78)

[keeppracticing]

Drop and drag mp3 files gives me the "Could not import 1 of 1 items!" box.

If I INSERT> Media, it drops in 2 measures only and shows OFFLINE, no waveform, no playback.

I can convert to wav and they'll drop in just fine.

I found an old thread discussing this and made sure under
Preferences> General> Paths that Store all peach caches in alternate path
is set to the Users\AppData\Local\Temp\REAPEAKS and that (under Media)
"Store peak caches in alternate path if unable to write to media file directory" was checked, too.

This is a gigantic pain in the ass, any help is much appreciated!!!

[Meo-Ada Mespotine]

Which program did you use to create the mp3? And did converting it with another tool into mp3 do the same thing?

Is it happening with all mp3s or just selected ones? Was it always the same way or did it "just start" recently?

Is it the same thing with FLAC, video, off, opus, etc?

[keeppracticing]

MP3s were emailed to me, just found out they were purchased on iTunes. (Even after converting to wav, importing into my sessin, editing, and then re-rendering to a new mp3 file, the metadata still showed up in Windows Media Player displaying the name of the artist and song title from the 1st of the 3 songs I mashed up - perhaps it's an iTunes anti-piracy thing?)

When I take the wav file that I converted it into and convert it back to mp3, the new mp3 imports properly into a session.

This is the first time this has ever happened to me, but I'm on a brand new Lenovo P70 laptop Win 10. I just tried importing mp3s I have, both purchased ones and self made, and both imported properly.

(I don't have any video or FLAC files to test out.)

[vitalker]

@keeppracticing, could you please share the file with me, so I'll try to investigate? Of course, I'll delete it after.

[keeppracticing]

@Vitalker

MP3 files emailed over, thanks!

[vitalker]

Originally Posted by keeppracticing

@Vitalker

MP3 files emailed over, thanks!

Got them, thanks!

[vitalker]

Ok, people. It was a strange thing.

Reaper has showed "Unknown file header" in file properties(F2->Properties)
when I've loaded the file using Insert button (or Insert menu).
Then I opened special program (AIMP) and watched properties.
There was AAC codec in there. You know what?
I just renamed files to m4a extension and Reaper caught it!
By the way, it is really strange for me, cause when I tried to rename mp3 file to m4a, Reaper caught it without any problem.
Maybe it is a bug.

[LilPuggy]

I had the issue when downloading files because my computer saves m4a as mp3 by default. My Solution:

1.) Select "All Files" instead of .mp3 under the "Save as type:" dropdown.

2.) Manually add .m4a to the end of the filename, just to be safe.