Audio Blips in transitions, Part VIII ... continuing

Dan,
I had this audio spike even on extracted audio. Using Sound Studio I could graphically see the problem & remove it. It would drive you insane to do this every clip. A total reinstall of the OS was the only complete answer. That problem is history.
Mrk

This has been driving me absolutely nuts. I finally extracted all the audio from all the clips and then turned the audio OFF on the video clips (since even after you extract the audio, the audio actually still remains there). This took out all my pops. I will try a re-install, but first, I'm going to test the issue on my powerbook to see if it is there as well.

Whatever the the problem is caused by, (obviously weak audio handling code )I did everything noted in these discussions. When you have tried every fix known to man & dog there is only 1 thing left (I don't mean throwing the mac off a cliff)
A complete reinstall finaly got rid of it. Now I have iMovie 2,3,4,5 on the same G5. No more audio clicks, maybe a few other minor issues... but no clicks.
If everything works at the CD install level, maybe stay there.
If you decide to continue, do all OS upgrades first. Then software starting with Quicktime. Download the installer as a offline standalone installation. Don't upgrade via internet connection. Then continue iLife upgrades. Repair permissions etc.
At CD insatll level eveything worked. I can see no improvement directly from upgrades that I have done.
This is what is working for me. I can't say it works for all the different hardware /software combos out there.

Mark

I'm having the same problem, and the so-called "help" at Apple's tech page is useless (I tried what they suggested before even reading their advice). The problem appears to be how iMovie is applying the transition. I removed all the audio from the clips, and without transitions, it plays silent. When I add the transitions back in, if you turn on the "Volume level" to see the volume lines, you'll notice the line has breaks between the clips and the transitions, and the pops occur right at those breaks. It's like iMovie is out of sync with the transitions. This is frustrating me beyond words, and I hope someone out there comes up with a solution that works (and posts it).

This problem has been going on since the release of iMovie HD and a lot of very thoughful people have offered many different solutions with varying results, whic have been greatly appreciated by many people. It is a shame that the Apple software developers have not jumped on the wagon and offered some sort of a cure. It makes the simple process of creating a home movie into a time consuming, potluck nightmare.

I have my own solution. I use iMovie 04 to create my basic movie and then update in iMovie HD. - Aaargh!!!!

Right now I'm really wishing I had access to a Mac that still has iMovie 4 on it. The upgrade to iMovie HD blew away all old versions. Shame on me for not preserving one machine with the old software. I should have known better. 😟

Yeah Bill,
I understand your grief. I was lucky enough to have iLife 04. If you find someone with iMovie 04 you can archive it and drop it onto a CD then put it on yours, but you didn't hear that from me : )

I have noticed a lot of users are having problems with the audio noise that sometimes arises when you insert transitions. The Apple workaround is to extract the necessary audio and then uncheck the video sound box in the video/audio timeline viewer as this is where the static is caused.

However, this tends to be annoying if you want to either edit or perhaps add further transitions that cut through video where you have already extracted the audio.

I think another option for iMovie HD 5.02 is a workaround that I had used constantly back in iMovie 3.03. That is to add a title transition (with nothing in it) that floats over the transition where the sound glitch occurs!

For example
1. In iMovie HD 5.02, cut the clip before the sound glitch using command-T.

2. Add a title effect - I tend to use a subtitle as it is usually what I'm working with, but other effects (like centred) work just as well. CLEAR the contents of the title boxes. Make it long enough to cover the audio problems and apply...

3. You will either get a magnificant solution to your problem (which is especially good as it is an undoable feature by pressing backspace after the clip is highlighted) OR you will get one more sound glitch at the end of the title effect. BUT IF YOU REPEAT THIS PROCESS by adding (and you might as well make the effect as long as possible) title effects throughout the whole project, the amazing thing is that when these effects run together - You get no noise!!!!

Ok, you might get noise if you were unfortunate enough to finish the title effect right on a transition and in this case you obviously need to ensure that you don't do this by varying the length of the transition.

IN SHORT....
1. Ignore the problem until you have finished your project.
2. (Worst case) Add long blank title effects starting at the beginning and continue adding them until you reach the end.

An added advantage is that this beats the endless audio extraction that some of you will otherwise have to do to "fix" this annoying problem.

Anyway I hope this works as well for you as it has done so for me.

b IMPORTANT LESSON

When upgrading iLife and other packages, always keep a copy of your trusted older version!!!

Hi... we are having this audio glitch problem BUT...I don't understand this solution..how do you insert a title effect and make it "invisible", if that is what you mean? what exactly do you mean by "Make it long enough to cover the audio problems and apply..." ? When i insert a title effect with blank title boxes i get a black "screen" for duration of the effect..
Thanks
-mark

Hi Mark:

What Ian is saying is that if you drag a title down (like "Subtitle" or "Centered Title") that has
i nothing typed in the title box
it will not show up on your video-because there were no words typed-but it
b will
cover up the audio glitch.

Hopw that helps!
Sue

You, sir, are a flippin' genius!!!

IT WORKS! IT WORKS! IT WORKS!

yea, i figured this one out too,

the other trick is to apply the letterbox effect, but then open it as wide as possible so nothing really changes, a sort of "ghost" effect, for some reason these sorts of trix work.

test it first between two transitions, just to make sure, because if your rendering takes a long time, and you do it all at once for a whole hour of media, and you wait, and it doesn work, you'll feel like Poo.

What should I do when even this does not help? I have extracted the sound AND deleted it, then I added transition and the sound blip was still there...very frustrating.

But I don't undertand why apple can't release a new update to patch this bug, I have reported this problem some months ago, and Apple at this time can't release a new update fixing this problem.

Extracting the audio is a solution, but it will take a lot of time in slow machines, and a lot of time in a 60 minute video.