MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

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MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:40 pm

I'm trying to drop some MP3s of original material created by a friend onto a Live track and I get "...may be corrupt or not licensed." The files play in iTunes so I know they're not corrupt. WTF I can't use MP3s of original material created by somebody I know? Any way around this?

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by DoobieBrother69 » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:04 pm

Have you tried installing the latest version of Apple "Quicktime" to clear this up?
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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:32 pm

DoobieBrother69 wrote:Have you tried installing the latest version of Apple "Quicktime" to clear this up?
I just ran Software Update on my Mac. No new Quicktime was detected or installed. According to Apple support I've got the latest version. Still no joy importing these MP3s to Live.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:43 pm

Just tested on some MP3s I created myself with Sample Manager. Those won't import either.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by DoobieBrother69 » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:10 pm

Hmmm... a windoze user here, so won't be much help.
If it were me, I'd uninstall quicktime totally, reboot, and install a fresh copy just to see if that cleared it up.
Especially if the MP3's work in other apps.
Best of luck, I'm sure there's a simple solution, so finger's crossed for you!
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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by Tarekith » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:28 pm

Which version of Live are you using? Some of the Intro and Lite versions do not support MP3 if I remember correctly.
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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:29 pm

Tarekith wrote:Which version of Live are you using? Some of the Intro and Lite versions do not support MP3 if I remember correctly.
Live Suite 8.2.2

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by Donnie » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:15 pm

In the past I've had this error pop up for some reason when Lives cache is full, so try clearing or increasing the size of your cache.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by javierf55 » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:30 pm

You need quick time installed in your computer.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:37 pm

javierf55 wrote:You need quick time installed in your computer.
:roll: As previously mentioned, the most current version of Quicktime is installed on the computer.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by Grant Carlisle » Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:17 pm

Download a copy of MP3tag and Delete and rename the ID3tags
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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by rluk » Thu Jun 14, 2012 6:32 pm

For me these were caused by ableton cache full/disk full.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:11 pm

Grant Carlisle wrote:Download a copy of MP3tag and Delete and rename the ID3tags
Looks to be Windows only. I thought perhaps Quicktime could do something similar but apparently not. Looking for something on the Mac side that can do this.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by philBass » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:15 pm

rluk wrote:For me these were caused by ableton cache full/disk full.
My disk is nowhere near full. Cleaned up the cache but that didn't help.

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Re: MP3 "...may be corrupt or not licensed"

Post by H20nly » Thu Jun 14, 2012 9:05 pm

could it be that they're not licensed?

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