We report high-resolution (0.05 cm鈥?) FTIR spectra of the fundamental and first overtone of the amide I mode of trans-N-methylacetamide (NMA) trapped in solid molecular hydrogen (SMH) at cryogenic temperatures with low (0.03%) and high (55%) ortho-hydrogen (oH2) concentrations. NMA-doped SMH samples with high oH2 concentrations are nearly free from inhomogeneous broadening, permitting the measured amide I homogeneous line width of 1.268(8) cm鈥? to be used to place a lower limit on the vibrational lifetime of 4.19(3) ps. Direct observation of the amide I overtone allows the harmonic vibrational frequency 蠅e = 1726.6(5) cm鈥? and the anharmonicity constant 蠅exe = 8.5(2) cm鈥? to be determined for NMA isolated in SMH samples with low oH2 concentrations.