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Sound on DVD Scratchy

I just burned a DVD from a 4 minute movie that I made. The movie was just pictures with music behind it. The video was fine but the audio is all scratchy (this has happened on the last couple that I burned). The song was a purchased song from iTunes. I check the volume level in both iMovie and iDvd, both sliders are in the middle. Should they be lower? Or should I look for another problem.

Bernie

Power Book G4, Mac OS X (10.4.3), iWork must have Database and Spreadsheet componet to be Appleworks replacement!

Posted on Nov 4, 2008 7:47 PM

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Nov 4, 2008 11:00 PM in response to Bernie Campbell1

Hi

When using audio from iTunes I copy out as an .aiff audio-CD. Then using this in my
movie projects. I never use .mp3, .avi or .wmv without converting them to .aiff first.

*Not knowing the origin to Your problem - General approach when in trouble is as follows:*

• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk if it is less than 10Gb should rather have 25Gb

• Hard disk is untidy: Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disk (Apple Disc Util tool)

• Delete iMovie pref file - or rather start a new user/account - log into this and re-try

• Third party plug-ins that doesn't work OK (not relevant for iMovie’08)

• Program miss-match: iMovie 5.0.2, up to Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK
• Program miss-match: iMovie 6.0.3 or 6.0.4, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)
• Program miss-match: iMovie’08 v. 7.0.1, Mac OS X.4.11 AND QuickTime 7.4.1 - is OK (might work under Leopard)

• Screen must be set to Million-colors

iMovie pref file resides:
Mac Hard Disk (start-up HD)/Users/"Your account"/Library/Preferences and is named: com.apple.iMovie.plist
While iMovie is NOT RUNNING - move this file out to desk-top.
Now restart iMovie.

From LKN 1935: (in this case = iMovie HD (5), I tried it all, but nothing worked.
Your answer (above) has been helpfull insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that
there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled
iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos)
to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before.

Yours Bengt W

Sound on DVD Scratchy

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