[MacDV] Re: iMovie 3 and iDVD 3 Grumblings

[Mike Swope]

You would expect audio to fade in with the clip, right? So would I. 
Doesn't happen. This order: titling on black background, fade in, video 
track that has been split and a small portion removed. The audio starts 
when the movie starts, not when the clip it should be aligned to starts, 
and there isn't any fade-in of the audio. The audio throughout the rest 
of the movie is likewise out-of-sync by 4-6 seconds, as though the 
entire audio track has slid to the start of the timeline, although it 
isn't separated from the video track(s).

Is this clearer? All previews properly in iMovie, but upon export to DV 
for iDVD 2, the audio behaves unexpectedly as described above.

Gordon B. Alley wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:39:31 -0600, Mike Swope <mike at swopedesign.com> wrote:
> 
>> iMovie 3 has several problems. 1) Slow. 2) Can't split video clip at the
>> beginning of the timeline with fade-in and titling, 'cause the audio
>> begins playing immediately (behind the titling and fade-in) when it
>> shouldn't (doesn't show in iDVD this way, only on export). 3) Can't
>> export for iDVD 2 as easily as before (up-front option removed); only
>> true iDVD export (with chapters) must be exported directly to iDVD 3.
> 
> 
> I don't understand item 2. If I were to add fade-in and titles to the 
> beginning of any clip, I would expect the audio from the original clip 
> to still be there (fading-in with the video in the case of the fade-in 
> effect).
> 
> Regardless, let's presume I misunderstand what you are saying. If the 
> problem only occurs on the first clip in a movie, did you try adding a 
> short black clip before the original first clip, and then applying the 
> titles and fade-in to the now second clip (formerly the first clip)? 
> That would be pretty simple to do, if it would work around the problem.
>