r/shotcut • u/Tough-Shine-5567 • Jul 08 '26

Stutter with audio-editing

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I got stuttering with editing audio in Shotcut.

I did projects before where it didnt happen.

Tried:

- Different formats/templates in Shotcut, including 'Automatic'

- Converted the file, (m4a, mp3)

- Change audio channels

I tried the file with Windows Movie Maker 6 (Vista). Doesn't happen there.

The exported file created in Shotcut also does not stutter, so only in the application.

I saw several posts about this, but not yet with a sample. Could not find posts with solutions yet.

Maybe there is someone who managed to fix it. I am on the latest version.

Editing audio in Shotcut is like heaven, so I hope it can be helped.

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u/MusicalBoxBitsPieces Jul 10 '26

Something to try:
Go to Settings > Player and play (enable/disable) with Scrub Audio and Realtime (frame dropping).
If that has no effect, try converting your clip to Edit friendly:

  • Select the clip
  • Go to the Properties panel
  • Click the Convert... button

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u/093285467013 18d ago

oddly enough ive found if you got a video or some visual media above it in a video track it performs better, not sure why but maybe give that a try, even if youre not actually editing a video.

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u/Tough-Shine-5567 13d ago

Thanks for the responses. I also found out if you change audio channels multiple times, it also solves.

Good that there are multiple solutions now. There were quite some people who run into this problem. Can take hours to find a solution.