Avidemux is a powerful, lightweight video editor beloved for simple cutting, filtering, and encoding tasks. However, users often encounter a frustrating roadblock when trying to add an external audio track:
The error occurs when you try to replace or add an external audio track to a video, but Avidemux rejects the audio file because it is multiplexed inside a container (like M4A, MP4, or OGG) rather than being a raw, elementary audio stream . Avidemux lacks the internal demuxers required to unpack containerized audio streams when they are loaded as external, secondary tracks. To fix this issue, you must strip away the container to provide a raw stream or convert the audio into a universally supported uncompressed format like a 16-bit PCM WAV file . avidemux cannot use that file as audio track
The error message "Avidemux cannot use that file as audio track" Avidemux is a powerful, lightweight video editor beloved
Try renaming the audio file or moving it to a different location with a shorter file path. This can resolve issues related to file path or name length. To fix this issue, you must strip away
The most reliable solution is to strip the containers and metadata using the open-source software Audacity. Cannot use mp3 as audio track - Avidemux.org