You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Save file as video and audio in imovie but only audio came out, can't view video.

Can someone please help me how to solve that problem ? Have been trying few times to export as video and audio, but still only audio came out.


thanks for your help


monaz

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 13, 2021 9:23 AM

Reply
7 replies

Mar 13, 2021 9:28 AM in response to monaz7177

Hi,


Try deleting preferences, as that sometimes cures export issues. Open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects.  Deleting preferences is a safe procedure that will not cause data loss or disruption to your project.


-- Rich

Mar 14, 2021 9:03 AM in response to monaz7177

O.K. To rule out an issue that may be confined to just one project, create a new project and transfer the old project's media into the new project. If you want to preserve your edits, do an Edit/Select All, Edit/Copy, of the media in the old project and then do Edit/Paste of the media into the timeline of the new project. Now see if the video will save when you export.


If still no luck, open one of the clips in QuickTimePlayer and do a Window/Show Movie Inspector. What is the exact format, audio and video, that is shown for the clip?


Whatever the format, try converting the troublesome clip to H.264, Mp4/AAC with the free download, Handbrake. Do that even if the codec already is indicated to be Mp4/AAC. Re-rendering often cures the issue.


You can get Handbrake here:


https://handbrake.fr/


A simple way to do it is to open Handbrake and do a File/Open Source. Navigate to your video and choose it as the source from the resulting screen. Then do File/Start Encoding. Wait a couple of minutes for the conversion to complete. Then save and import the converted clip into iMovie. Now try exporting the clip and see if you get video.


-- Rich





Save file as video and audio in imovie but only audio came out, can't view video.

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.