[MacDV] Problems with iMovie HD 5.0.2

[Brent Radbourne]

Hello Karl

Have you ever used a program called Audio Hijack.  It uses a thing 
called soundflower.   This setting can screw up the sound on imovie, 
making it get out of sinc.   All you have to do is go to system 
preferences and make sure your sound settings are at line in and line 
out, nothing else.    That's the only thing I can think of.   I do 
dozens of videos in imovie right to 1 hr 58min. with no problem.

Brent
On 22-Dec-05, at 9:59 AM, Karl Hayden wrote:

> Hello Everyone.... First off, I want to wish everyone a happy holiday 
> and all the best in 2006.
>
> I am just wondering if my experience with iMovie HD 5.0.2 are the same 
> for others....
>
> The problem:
> I am trying to edit a wedding video for my sister which is running at 
> 1hour 50mins. When I get to a certain stage of editing the playback 
> starts to go all crazy. The picture freezes, but the sound keeps 
> running, eventually the picture catches up. This causes problems for 
> me finding edit points. It has to be something to do with the number 
> of edits I make.... because when the raw footage (unedited) is loaded 
> up there is no playback problem. It only starts when I reach a certain 
> number of edits.
>
> What I have to done to try get around the problem:
> First, I have made edits then stopped and saved the movie. Closed 
> iMovie and restarted... still a problem with playback.
> Second, I have edited a section and saved it as a QuickTime movie 
> (saved at Full Quality) then trashed the iMovie footage and imported 
> the QT movie. But the edit points/transitions look bad.
>
> What am I working on?
> iMac 2 GHz Power PC G5
> 2 GB DDR SDRAM
> 240GB Hard drive
> iMovie HD 5.0.2
>
> Is it just that Apple have made it impossible to work on projects over 
> a certain size, duration, limited number of edit points/transitions???
>
> Is there anything I can do to improve the performance of iMovie 5.0.2 
> ???
>
> I really have lost faith in iMovie... it used to be such a good little 
> application back in OS9 days with iMovie 1 and 2. I still have my old 
> iMac G4 15" which I may clear to install OS9 with iMovie 2.... never 
> had these problems with iMove in those days.
>
> Many Thanks.
>
> Karl
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