Run you system updater, QuickTime is now 6.1. Is your external FireWire drive directly connected to the Mac or are there any other FireWire devices between it and the Mac? iLife should fix that audio problem since iMovie 3 will support mp3 and aiff sound directly. It should be available for free download Friday or Saturday. Can you get a one week extension Kathleen? k On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 01:13 PM, Darby Lee Darrow wrote: >> Can someone please tell me why my audio clips fall apart (skip) when >> I download my movie for Export to iDVD? And sometimes, if they don't >> fall apart then, they fall apart when I burn the DVD. >> >> I'm using OS10.2.3, iMovie 2.1.2, iDVD2.2 and QT Player 6.0.2. My >> movies are about 54 minutes long, with mostly narration and only 2 >> short music clips. I have a 78GB FireWire External Drive. >> >> So, can anyone help? I'm supposed to be done with 3 movies by >> tomorrow. >> >> Kathleen > > Just guessing here, but wasn't there a problem with using mp3s in a > timeline? Are you converting your audio to aiff? > > -- > > Darby Lee Darrow > darrowspammagnet at cox.net