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“One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them”
“File type is not recognized”

I’m trying to produce my next flash masterpiece when I start getting errors whenever I drag an mp3 file into the Library.

The Problem:
Flash tells me that “One or more files were not imported because there were problems reading them,” or “File type is not recognized”. That’s odd because the files play perfectly fine in my audio applications. They’re not corrupt… so what gives!?

The Cause:
Adobe/Macromedia Flash is picky about the exact type of audio files it imports. Very picky. Very exact.

The Solution:
In the case of WAV files, it wants PCM wave files… so if your file is in another format, you’ll need to convert it. That simply consists of going into your audio editor of choice, loading the wave file, and saving it as another file with different encoding options.

With MP3 files… well, Flash doesn’t like them with bitrates over 160kbps. But you can make it play nice by installing Quicktime. Flash will talk to Quicktime behind the scenes and use it to import your MP3’s without the dreaded “One or more files were not imported…” crap.

To me, both of these are really work-arounds and NOT solutions. It’s 200-frigging-7, software as advanced as Flash should be able to recognize more than a narrow band of settings for popular audio formats. And it should do so without having to install some extraneous crap, Quicktime. But until Adobe corrects the issue, this is what we have to live with.

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You’ve created some categories for your Wordpress blog. You start writing posts and even adding links to your Blogroll, assigning each one to it’s appropriate category… but then you notice something strange.

Some of your categories are missing! Some of them are there… but some are clearly NOT. You go to Manage–>Categories and, yup, there they are! So you go back to write your next post, and the category you want to use is still not there! WTF!?

The Problem:
In Wordpress, not all of your categories are showing up in the sidebar when you try to write a post.
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You take the time to craft your post in a REAL editor (like, ohh, I dunno… Notepad!) but when you paste it into Wordpress and click “Publish”, Wordpress turns your efforts into something almost, but not quite, entirely UNLIKE what you wanted.
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Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Happy Valentines Day… Here’s your present: A brand new IPod. A bazillion songs in your pocket. All you need to do is plug it in and install the special iTunes software-

Special Software? Itunes? Can’t you just browse to your IPod like an external hard drive and drop the mp3’s on it? Go ahead…. try. I’ll wait right here. Back so soon? Miserable failure, you say? Confusing mess of cryptic directories, you say? Take this piece of proprietary plastic crap back to Best Buy, you say?

Well, let’s not be hasty….

The Problem:
You’ve got a sweet ipod mp3 player, but you hate iTunes with a fury that burns with the heat of a thousand suns. A shame there isn’t a way to use the first without being stuck with the second.
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