[MacDV] Re: iMovie 3.03 audio IMPORT dropouts

[R B Williams]

They are in the same general spots, though not frame accurate. This is a live video of a
musical presentation, so each time the applause fades away, there is some time of quiet
before the next work starts. When the sound jumps back in, we have missed the beginning
moment! It is very disconcerting and I really need to find a way around this.

James Asherman wrote:

> On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 08:03  PM, R B Williams wrote:
>
> > There are small gaps of dead silence as iMovie imports DV footage. It
> > seems that it
> > completely mutes the sound if it is below a certain softness
> > threshold. This is not tape
> > droput from the source.
> >
> > I decided to work around by importing the audio alone as an aiff track
> > from a burned CD.
> >
> > Guess what - same issue once the audio track is in iMovie.
> >
> > Anybody know what is going on?
> >
> >
>
> Nope.
> are the dropouts in the same places with the second method?
> usually it would be an overload rather than an under level that would
> cut it out.
> J
>
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