iMovie is not importing audio - video is fine

Hi tony38 and all! I am having exactly the same problem. I have JVC Everio SD video camera and up till latest iMovie 9.0.6 update could import video and audio from camera with no problem. After update there is no audio; video is fine. Re-importing existing old clips results in exactly the same problem - no audio. I really could use some help on this one please, without audio iMovies is useless! Thanks all in anticipation of a response.

Same here...no audio...grey'd out audio under clips...also using JVC Everio (HDD)...tried HD format (per Apple Cust Support)....did not correct. (Already missed deadline regarding video project...(SHAKES FIST !!!)

(I also read that note regarding clock etc...I think that was from an old forum entry related to previous version)

. . . the same grey'd out audio and also any attempt to preview from camera import screen and iMovies crashes. Everything worked fine until last update. This really isn't good enough from Apple and also their support section is ominously quiet on the issue as if they don't know/care about the problem. Come on Apple this really isn't good enough, your customers deserve better!

Exactly, regarding the preview...my imovie session crashed...that's where the support person said that it points away from imovie and towards my camera. I was also able to record video within imovie and that did record the audio too, so I was feeling less confident that it had something to do with the imovie update, but now that I've read that others are sharing in my delight, it has to be something related to the update.

I still have a trouble ticket open with Apple Support and I'm waiting for them to returm my message stating that the hard drive format on the camera did not do the trick. (and that I've found others enjoying the same time killing troubleshooting excersises...:P

I will share what they tell me. (If I forget, reply to this post and that will send me a reminder email)

Same problem here. Before the last software update all was working just fine. I was importing video from a Canon Legria 406. Both video and audio came in just fine. After the last software update (downloaded few days ago) I was not any longer able to import video with audio. Only the video came through, without the audio. This is really not Apple! Glad to know that we all have the same problema, at least it is not me or my computer. Pls, can anybody help with this?

Alessandro

PS: I have just opened a new post on this same issue. Sorry, my mistake, I did not see this post before. I am not very familiar with post, social staff, etc. I did not mean to be unpolite.

Don't you just love support people! . . ."it must be the camera . . ." We've now got a number of people with exactly the same problem using different cameras and ALL tracing the start of the problem from the last update - Yet according to Apple up to now the problem must be something other than iMovie! Unbelievable! Maybe (and hopefully) they will now start to take notice. Please keep everyone informed by posting in this forum.

Please keep us posted. I guess that there may be many more who haven't yet reached this forum!

Well...in defense of my Support guy...there are Sooooooooooooo many different scenarios that can affect the situation, and more times than not it is "Pilot Error" or other things (I was UNIX support for many years)...I just wish that I had googled my problem and saw the others that were sharing in my experience...then I would have been more adamant and confident during my initial call...;)

iMovie imports the video, not the audio from my Canon FS100. I'm running OSX Lion 10.7.4 on a mid-2010 iMac iMovie version 9.0.6. Never had this problem before. Yikes!

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Yes, same issue. iMovie crashes when you try to preview video on the camera before import. Canon FS100. I'm running OSX Lion 10.7.4 on a mid-2010 iMac iMovie version 9.0.6. Never had this problem before.

Same problem since latest iMovie update. Video import with no audio. Sony DCR-SR47 camera. Hope apple can fix this soon.

Having issues - I have a Sony Handycam and I can get video but no audio

. . . and so the thread grows! Maybe you guys with open support tickets can direct their support engineers to this thread. It seems beyond doubt that something was broken in the last update and that its effect is very widespread impacting on a whole bunch of different camcorders. Surely this issue should be escalated to the highest level for a fix to be found and posted - iMovies is pretty useless if it's not able to import successfully from a camcorder!

Here's what I've done in the meantime. Deleted iMovie from the applications folder, then restored from a TimeMachine backup prior to the update. Although I don't think it's a great solution, this fixed my 'crash on preview' and 'imported without audio' problems. I'm not so technically savy, but this would seem to indicate to me that the problem was indeed with the update (and of course this won't be helpful unless you have a backup).