Copy audio from one project to another

Don't know if it helps, but there are more tutorials in the imovie8 tab than imovie9. In the imovie8 tab are tutorials on audio. One actually goes through taking sound from one clip and placing it somewhere else by extracting the audio. I don't think it is exactly what you are doing, since I think you have just a voice over clip that could go anywhere-i would assume. But it may help.

The easiest way to do this is to drag the video clip containing that audio that you want to a Project. Then Share your project using
Export using QuickTime". Export using an audio only codec such as MP3 or AAC. The resulting file will be a sound file that can be dragged into another iMovie Project.

Just ran into the same problem myself... while I get you CAN export the audio, then import it and use anyway you like I don't think that is the point of the original poster's question.

The voice-over clip has unique properties and as such I (and it looks like other users) would like to be able to "copy & paste" a voice-over clip from one project to another. Alternatively if I could drag and drop the voice-over clip into my Event that would be great too. Doesn't seem like an unreasonable request. Right now the famed Apple ease-of-use is missing for those of us who have recorded voice over elements we want to use in more than one project.

Had I known iMove would not allow sharing of voice over clips within iMovie I would have recorded my voice-over clips in another application and imported them all as audio-clips. Which certainly defeats the point of the inclusion of voice-over in iMovie.

Any solutions that work within the app without an export/import required?

Hi Brian,

I just ran into this problem too. Did you ever manage to copy from one project to another? I'm loathed to export each voice-over clip on at a time. I managed to copy clips across projects but still not voice-overs.


Richard