MP3 Unsupport file type error

[LoneStarState]

The Fitbit desktop app says some of my MP3 files are unsupported.  Can someone look at the details below on my MP3 files to see why one is unsupported and the other is. 

MP3 Meta Data	Unsupported	Supported
Format	MPEG Audio	MPEG Audio
File size	1.13 MiB	529 KiB
Duration	2 min 27 s	30 s 589 ms
Overall bit rate mode	Constant	Variable
Overall bit rate	64.0 kb/s	141 kb/s
Album	Beaches	LSU
Track name	Baby Mine	Hey Fightin Tigers
Performer	Bette Midler	LSU BAND
Genre	MST	Other
Writing library	LAME3.82	LAME3.99r
Media type		DIG
Length		128000
Band		LSU Band
Recorded date	1989
Composer	Frank Churchill/Ned Washington
Publisher	Atlantic
Audio Format	MPEG Audio	MPEG Audio
Format version	Version 2	Version 1
Format profile	Layer 3	Layer 3
Format settings	Joint stereo / MS Stereo	Joint stereo / MS Stereo
Duration	2 min 27 s	30 s 589 ms
Bit rate mode	Constant	Variable
Bit rate	64.0 kb/s	141 kb/s
Minimum bit rate	#VALUE!	32.0 kb/s
Channel(s)	2 channels	2 channels
Sampling rate	22.05 kHz	44.1 kHz
Frame rate	38.281 FPS (576 SPF)	38.281 FPS (1152 SPF)
Compression mode	Lossy	Lossy
Writing library	1.13 MiB (100%)	528 KiB (100%)
Writing library	LAME3.82	LAME3.99r
Encoding settings		-m j -V 4 -q 0 -lowpass 17.5 --vbr-new -b 32

[WavyDavey]

Hi @LoneStarState,

Thanks for posting all this information. Fitbit doesn't have much detail in their documentation about what types are supported, so it's good we can compare experiences.

I can't say offhand what the problem is for sure. It could be the LAME library, but I am going to guess that it's the sampling rate. 22 is really low. I also noticed an invalid value for minimum bit rate that might be throwing things off. Hopefully the 64kbps rate is high enough. Most of mine are 256.

The only other thing that sticks out is the constant vs. variable bit rate. But I'd be genuinely surprised if that was the problem.

Can you try re-encoding the song on the left to a higher bit rate and see if that works?

[LoneStarState]

Thanks for the tip.  I'm on vacation now but I'll rip the CD again.  I ripped CDs years ago and I think I just used windows media player to do it.

I sure wish Fitbit developers would post the guidelines for what they accept.

[LoneStarState]

I'm on vacation. I'll give it hey try when I get back. Thanks for the tip.

[DJClaire]

Did you ever find a solution to this? 

I have a Win 7 laptop and the Versa and I cannot get it to accept any of my MP3 files.