<p>The issue seems with your playback of the rendered file. Try playing it with QuickTime (you are exporting with QuickTime after all) or VLC Media Player or Media Player Classic. All these are good options if you want to test you rendered files.</p>

<p>Using the media player that comes with your version of Windows is always a bad idea, Microsoft never bothered with good codec support.</p>

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2015-12-19T16:18:18.613Z
Yes this works! Thank You! Now what would i do if i wanted it to play online in some sort of website?How would i play it on my I Phone? would I need to convert it to a file type that is more compatible?
Nathan Anderson
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2015-12-19T22:51:23.137Z
See these questions f.e.:
http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/10071/what-is-the-most-compatible-compression-codec-to-in-handbrake-use-for-video-that

http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/6906/how-to-encode-a-video-for-the-iphone-with-handbrake

You can use your exported QuickTime Animation video source and open it in Handbrake or use Adobe Media Encoder.
timonsku
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2015-12-19T14:46:55.113Z
2015-12-19T14:46:55.113Z
timonsku
<p>I have made a simple four second long video in After Effects and exported it only to find that it had no audio. I tried changing the file type to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime_File_Format" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="QuickTime File Format">.MOV</a> and re-rendered it but  now the file had audio but no video. I have thoroughly researched the problem but nothing worked. here are some pictures:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kpDDS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kpDDS.png" alt="After Effects Project"></a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Eyspt.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Eyspt.png" alt="Render settings"></a></p>

<p>Any help is appreciated!</p>

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2015-12-19T06:02:39.463Z
how are you playing the file?
Gyan
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2015-12-19T06:58:39.597Z
I am using Windows 10 movie player which is what it opens with automatically.
Nathan Anderson
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2015-12-19T07:03:32.703Z
Maybe the codec isn't installed. render with H264 under 'Format Options' in the Video Output settings.
Gyan
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2015-12-19T07:19:03.150Z
plays sound but doesn't show video ) :
Nathan Anderson
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2015-12-19T07:38:58.100Z
Try with [VLC](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html).
Gyan
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Why does After Effects not export with audio?
Nathan Anderson
# Why does After Effects not export with audio?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-19)

I have made a simple four second long video in After Effects and exported it only to find that it had no audio. I tried changing the file type to [.MOV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime_File_Format "QuickTime File Format") and re-rendered it but now the file had audio but no video. I have thoroughly researched the problem but nothing worked. here are some pictures:
[![After Effects Project](https://i.sstatic.net/kpDDS.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kpDDS.png)

[![Render settings](https://i.sstatic.net/Eyspt.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Eyspt.png)

Any help is appreciated!

**Tags:** after-effects, audio

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: how are you playing the file?  
> **username_0**: I am using Windows 10 movie player which is what it opens with automatically.  
> **username_1**: Maybe the codec isn't installed. render with H264 under 'Format Options' in the Video Output settings.  
> **username_0**: plays sound but doesn't show video ) :  
> **username_1**: Try with [VLC](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html).  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-19. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The issue seems with your playback of the rendered file. Try playing it with QuickTime (you are exporting with QuickTime after all) or VLC Media Player or Media Player Classic. All these are good options if you want to test you rendered files.

Using the media player that comes with your version of Windows is always a bad idea, Microsoft never bothered with good codec support.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yes this works! Thank You! Now what would i do if i wanted it to play online in some sort of website?How would i play it on my I Phone? would I need to convert it to a file type that is more compatible?  
> **username_2**: See these questions f.e.: http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/10071/what-is-the-most-compatible-compression-codec-to-in-handbrake-use-for-video-that  http://video.stackexchange.com/questions/6906/how-to-encode-a-video-for-the-iphone-with-handbrake  You can use your exported QuickTime Animation video source and open it in Handbrake or use Adobe Media Encoder.  

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