no sound after import for first section of movie using iMovie HD 6.0.4
Hi,
I use iMovie HD 6.0.4 on my MacBook Pro 2.0 quad-core running 10.6.8. Other than crashing occasionally, it works fine.
My current problem is that the first section* of footage on the past two projects I've been working on, iMovie won't get the sound for the first section I import. I will hear the audio on the computer but when I play it back the audio is gone. Quicktime Player won't play audio for that section either. It isn't a setting in iMovie as later sections I've recorded will all be fine. I have the "filter audio from camera" preference in Import unchecked and I've looked to see that the pref is sticking. It has been. It isn't a matter of muting, etc since the audio works on successive segments and I haven't changed things in-between.
The next section of my footage will be fine. The audio will work in iMovie, I can hear it as it being imported, etc.
*These sections are usually music performances. I let the camera run for the first set, stop it and then if there's tape left over, resume recording. If not, I switch tapes. All succesive sections/tapes are fine.
This has only happened lately on the last two projects I've done. I am wondering if Soundflower could be the culpret.I instaleld it a few months back. Other than that I don't know what could be happening.
The audio always plays fine from the camera, a Sony DCR-TRV9 mini DV cam which was overhauled a year or so ago.
One possibility may be that I have been recording at EP speed and in this last case, I know I was using 16 bit recording rather than 12 bit for the audio. That might explain things except that I don't change that during a session. If I start with one setting, I stick with it.
Thank you for any ideas on this.
Cheers,
John
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 15" Quad core, 2.0/500/8