.wma files not playing properly? Cracking and screeching

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Hi.

So I put a song in Shotcut because I want to add lyrics to it, but, although the song plays perfectly well on my computer in any music player, putting it in Shotcut makes it ‘pop’ with screech-like noise. It’s like the software can’t render the songs properly…

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Can you post a screenshot of the “Audio” tab on the “Properties” panel when you open the clip in Shotcut?

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Seems to work fine here.
What are the properties of your .WMA files?

Here’s an example of mine that play just fine in Shotcut 18.01.02

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Audio
ID : 1
Format : WMA
Format version : Version 2
Codec ID : 161
Codec ID/Info : Windows Media Audio
Description of the codec : Windows Media Audio 9.2 - 192 kbps, 44 kHz, stereo 1-pass CBR
Duration : 4 min 28 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 6.14 MiB (99%)

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Is this what you’re looking for? I cannot find any other properties…

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Yes, still same problem.
Version 20.07.11, timeline is linear like voice but actual sound is cracking and screeching sometimes. Audio was made in Windows 7 Recording application. It is small voice note.

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Use Properties > Convert

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Thank you