[MacDV] iDVD audio sync probs

[Chuck Kay]

It sounds like you are running iMovie version 4.x. It does have some 
audio issues when you try and edit the volume. I have noticed when you 
edit volume or "move" the audio track in any direction, the audio will 
play out of sync. What I do, is after I make an edit, I immediately 
save. Prior to saving, the audio is out of sync but after the save, it 
usually is OK. However, there have been times (on large projects) when 
not only do i have to save, but also quit iMovie and then reopen the 
project. Then everything is fine. Did you save your iMovie project 
after your edits BEFORE you created your iDVD? Now, about the photo 
montage. Did you put the photos into iMovie timeline or only in iDVD 
when you creating your motion menu? That could explain why when you 
select the Photo Montage menu button it just sits there. I apologize if 
above info is unclear or assuming too much.
On Apr 6, 2004, at 12:26 AM, Darby Lee Darrow wrote:

> A friend of mine recently sent me this problem:
>
> I run the latest version of imovie on an imac 1gz with 512 ram.  The 
> media
> is downloaded to a maxtor 120g external hard via firewire.  I made a 
> movie
> approximately 48 minutes long. It has two chapters with the last being 
> a
> photo montage.  I added a song in the beginning of the movie and one 
> during
> the photos.  The song in the beginning of the movie ran into the main 
> part
> of the movie so I lowered the volume so I could hear the media.
>
> I selected create DVD and choose a theme with a motion.  I added 28
> photographs to the motion and one song.  I burned the DVD.
>
> Once the DVD was created the theme started fine.  The beginning of the 
> movie
> started fine.  When the song's volume was lowered so I hear the media, 
> the
> voice was out of sync with the video. The DVD would not let me fast 
> forward
> and would freeze.
>
> When I selected the photo chapter from the theme, it would freeze on 
> the
> beginning of the movie. But the song that was suppose to play during 
> the
> photo montage would play.
>
>
> Anybody have any ideas for him?
> -- 
> Darby Lee Darrow
> darrowspammagnet at cox.net
>
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