[MacDV] Re: iMovie 3.0.3 Audio sync issues

[Chips Otoole]

Thanks for the advice (sorry it took me awhile to reply). However, I'm now 
stuck wherein I can't even export to my camera from iMovie. I seem to be 
connected, I go to export, and after spinning it's wheels for a few seconds 
(I can hear the camera reacting, and importing seems to work), I get a 
'iMovie lost connection to camera' error. Can't find any support info on 
this issue anywhere (seems to be a theme for Apple frankly). Any ideas?

On another note, I've been using iMovie for a year or so, and generally have 
had very few problems. Seems like a bunch of issues started after upgrading 
to Panther (did the archive & install path). I'm a Mac convert, primarily 
for its video capabilities. But I'm starting to lose faith. Can I hope for 
better performance with FCP?

Thanks,
Scott


>From: R B Williams <brucewll at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: [MacDV] Re: iMovie 3.0.3 Audio sync issues
>Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 06:08:35 -0500
>
>Chips,
>
>You would be so much happier in the long run to use this as your 
>opportunity to learn
>Final Cut. Here's the work sequence I would follow.
>
>1) Export your iMovie project to tape.
>
>2) Capture live from tape into Final Cut as one reel.
>
>3) Drop the footage into the canvas window.
>
><<<<<<You must use a TV monitor for this next step. It is impossible to 
>sync correctly
>watching playback on the Mac computer screen. >>>>>
>
>4) Start playback of the sequence. At any point the sync drift becomes 
>noticible, use
>the razor tool to cut the audio tracks. Then slide the part on the right as 
>many frames
>as you need to (either way) for audio to line up again.
>
>5) When the 53 min reel looks good, you may want to add audio crossfades at 
>the cut
>points to soften the rough edges. Another trick is to cut and paste ambient 
>sound where
>it is needed.
>
>6) Add chapter marks where you want the DVD to have them.
>
>7) Mixdown the audio (always the last step before export) If you change 
>ANYTHING, do it
>again.
>
>8) Export as a Final Cut Movie
>
>9) Open iDVD, import your movie and build whatever menus you need
>
>10) Burn a perfectly synced project
>
>R.B.
>
>Chips Otoole wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a 53 minute project in iMovie wherein the audio and video quickly
> > become out of sync, but the individual clips play just fine. I can see
> > several darker blue 'gaps' in the timeline, in between many of the clips
> > themselves, and don't recall seeing those before. I have several titles 
>in
> > the beginning, a few effects here and there, but nothing I havent used
> > before. And I've sped up several of the clips themselves to play rather
> > quickly. I'm not sure that it had anything to do with it, but only 
>noticed
> > this problem after having upgraded to Panther (also moved the files 
>around a
> > few times on the same secondary harddrive). Tried exporting to iDVD and 
>saw
> > same results (which I guess makes sense since it wont even play 
>correctly in
> > iMovie).
> >
> > I'm thinking worst case I'll import into a new project and replace the 
>clips
> > in the same order and hope the movie file stays intact. Could it be a
> > corrupted .mov file since the clips themselves are ok? I've seen 
>suggestions
> > online to extract all the audio from each clip? I'm pretty sure my 
>camera
> > was set to 12-bit audio for recording (since changed to 16-bit). Anybody
> > seen this before or have suggestions about how to resolve?
> >
> > I have recently purchased FCP4 but am not well-versed quite yet, not 
>sure if
> > I can import clips there and reorganize easily?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Scott ('Chips Otoole')
> >
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