imovie 11 exporting to quicktime failure to recognize audio edits

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imovie 11 exporting to quicktime failure to recognize audio edits

I am using imovie 11 and exporting to quicktime, "movie to avi", compression dv/dvc pro. But when I replay the final rendered version none of the audio adjustments I made are recognized. Cutaways that I muted play with full audio. All changes I made to the audio track are not recognized. Sound that I tapered down or snipped out is at full. I used these same export settings with imovie 09 and never had a problem with the audio - particularly the muting on cutaways which I use a lot. Anyone have any experience with this? Any suggestions?

MBP 17", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Nov 11, 2010 6:32 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 11, 2010 6:52 AM in response to Mactruckhighway61

Have you tried extracting (detaching) all the audio out of the clips then exporting?

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Answer 2

Nov 11, 2010 6:58 AM in response to Daniel Slagle

Have not. But if I did my final rendered version would be useless. It is probably a worthwhile problem- isolating experiment though. Will try now.

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Answer 3

Nov 11, 2010 7:06 AM in response to Daniel Slagle

Ok. Detached audio. Stil there on rendered version. I stress however that this stuff plays correctly in the imovie preview - it only has this problem on the exported version. I note that when I render the same project to m4v format the audio changes are recognized.

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Answer 4

Nov 11, 2010 9:52 AM in response to Mactruckhighway61

Why to you need an AVI container while using the DV Stream codec? Are you planning further edits on a Windows machine?
Have you tried the DV Stream (.dv file extension) leaving off the AVI container?

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Answer 5

Nov 11, 2010 8:29 PM in response to Mactruckhighway61

Are you slowing down or speeding up any clips. If you are and not using a preset, that may be the issue.

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Answer 6

Nov 12, 2010 6:29 AM in response to QuickTimeKirk

Yes, it is being transferred to the end user on a windows machine. And this is something I have to do consistently - since I cannot dump to dvcam and burning on iDVD gives low quality.
Forgive my ignorance, the suggestion to "tried the DV Stream (.dv file extension) leaving off the AVI container?" - not sure how to do that. Would you walk me through it?

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Answer 7

Nov 12, 2010 6:31 AM in response to Michele Gardner

Not not using variable speeds.
And precisely the same type of edits I am now having difficulty with worked fine on the previous version of imovie,

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Answer 8

Nov 12, 2010 6:34 AM in response to Daniel Slagle

This may be self evident, but the "ducking" command is not recognized on the final avi version either. Again, that worked fine when rendered from the previous imovie.

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Answer 9

Nov 12, 2010 3:00 PM in response to Mactruckhighway61

Export: Movie to DV Stream

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Answer 10

Jun 16, 2011 3:39 AM in response to Mactruckhighway61

i have a similar problem. i have a project that im exporting to avi. tried all methods...need it in avi as it will be played on an old pc that only has wmp9 and cant install new codecs...anyway, when i export to avi i lose all audio edits. i detached the audio from the clips and just had an mp3 as background music. when i export the file i can hear the mp3 file and the audio from the clip as if i never dettached and removed it. why is it causing this?

been pulling my hair out and i cant figure it out! sorry to thread jack..but this is the only post i found wiht similar problem. thanks guys.

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Answer 11

Questra

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Feb 15, 2012 3:47 AM in response to richardfromharbor city

Hi

I'm new in this Mac world, first time using imovie 11 and I have the same problem with audio when exporting to AVI, I lose all audio edits I've made to the project, is there any solution to this? If not, is it an option to export the project in other format and then use a video converter?

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