[MacDV] Re: iDVD3- How is it working for you?

[Mike Swope]

Thanks for the response, Steven.

I've used the EXPERT OPTIONS. Same results. The audio from iMovie 3, 
when a clip is split and part of it deleted, and a title and fade-in 
inserted before the clip, is out of sync. It previews fine in iMovie 3, 
but when exported to a DV stream (best option for iDVD 2 from iMovie 3, 
I believe), the audio begins playing IMMEDIATELY in the resulting file, 
causing the audio to be IMMEDIATELY out-of-sync by 4-5 seconds with the 
clip. There is only one clip. It is 9 minutes long. I'm using OS 10.2.4.

iMovie 3 then doesn't really give the option to export to iDVD 2 the way 
iMovie 2 did. It was just easy, no brainer work. It just worked. Not so 
in iMovie 3 (if exporting for iDVD 2).

My solution was to go back to iMovie 2 in OS 9 and do the work there.

iMovie 3 is just too damn flakey at this process which was so simple and 
effective in iMovie 2 to rely on for any work at all.

Steven Rogers wrote:
> 
> On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 04:49 PM, Mike Swope wrote:
> 
>> I have started to use iMovie 3. I don't like it.
>>
>> In iMovie 2, if I split a video clip, the audio remained synced when 
>> exported. iMovie 3 only exports for iDVD 3 ... other option is a DV 
>> stream.
> 
> 
> iMovie3 has all the same export options as iMovie2 - the catch is that 
> you have to set them yourself. Do "export" and pick the "expert 
> settings" option.
> 
>>  This option (haven't installed iDVD 3 yet) creates a movie where the 
>> sound begins immediately and is therefore out-of-sync when titling and 
>> a fade in are applied! Holy $#%&!
> 
> 
> iMovie3 + Quicktime 6.1 fixes the long-standing problem with audio drift 
> in iMovie2 (becomes noticeable at about 13-15 minutes into a clip).
> 
> I haven't seen any synch problems on exported movies (and I've done some 
> over a half-hour long). If you can give some details on what you're 
> doing, somebody might be able to help.
> 
> SR
> 
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