File As Audio Track — Avidemux Cannot Use That

If your file contains heavy metadata, album artwork, or unique tags (such as Traktor metadata or complex ID3v2 tags), Avidemux can become confused. The software misinterprets the metadata headers as corrupted MP3 frame headers, leading it to reject the file outright. 3. Unsupported Raw Formats

Use ffmpeg (command line) or Audacity to convert: avidemux cannot use that file as audio track

ffmpeg -i input_audio.mp3 -acodec pcm_s16le -ar 48000 -ac 2 output.wav If your file contains heavy metadata, album artwork,

This is a common and deeply frustrating issue, especially when you're trying to perform a seemingly simple task. This guide will break down exactly why this happens, the specific quirks of how Avidemux handles audio, and how to fix it permanently. Unsupported Raw Formats Use ffmpeg (command line) or

: Use one of the following commands, depending on the format you want.

This command copies the video ( -c:v copy ), takes the first audio stream from the external file ( -map 1:a:0 ), and trims to the shortest input length ( -shortest ).