larryn87
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Q: how to re-attach audio in 10

How does one re=attach--or un-detach-- the audio strip to a video clip in iMovie 10?

 

I'm trying to further whittle down the clip, but the separated audio gets off-sync with the video when I do so--and highlighting them both does not treat them as a single unit again; the audio still lags behind. It's as if they need to be physically re-merged so trimming the clip does not throw off the audio sync.

iMovie 10, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Sep 11, 2016 11:13 PM

by GeeD,Solvedanswer
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You can only reattach audio as an undo operation.  The synchronisation of the audio with the video depends on the little green vertical line connecting them.  As long as you don't allow it to move they will remain in sync.  If you need to trim the video where the green line is you need to first press command-alt then click in the top half of the audio track where you want the link to be repositioned.   You can then trim without affecting sync.

If all else fails you can usually restore sync manually if you first expand the timeline to its maximum (slider to the left of 'Settings').

 

Geoff.

Posted on Sep 12, 2016 1:26 AM

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  • by GeeD,Solvedanswer

    GeeD GeeD Sep 12, 2016 1:26 AM in response to larryn87
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    Sep 12, 2016 1:26 AM in response to larryn87

    You can only reattach audio as an undo operation.  The synchronisation of the audio with the video depends on the little green vertical line connecting them.  As long as you don't allow it to move they will remain in sync.  If you need to trim the video where the green line is you need to first press command-alt then click in the top half of the audio track where you want the link to be repositioned.   You can then trim without affecting sync.

    If all else fails you can usually restore sync manually if you first expand the timeline to its maximum (slider to the left of 'Settings').

     

    Geoff.

  • by larryn87,

    larryn87 larryn87 Sep 12, 2016 1:28 AM in response to GeeD
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    Sep 12, 2016 1:28 AM in response to GeeD

    Thanks--I wound up just deleting the split, redragging the clip and starting over just to make sure--but with the shortcut of hindsight on the edit and audio settings.d for next time.

     

    But this is good for next time, as I work through my 6-month backlog of video I didn't work on when I had no time to sit down with this new UI. Bad timing, Apple!

  • by GeeD,

    GeeD GeeD Sep 12, 2016 1:44 AM in response to larryn87
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    Sep 12, 2016 1:44 AM in response to larryn87

    Glad to have helped.  Strangely the shortcut for repositioning the video-audio sync link appears to be missing altogether from the iMovie 10 help files - I was familiar with it from FCP X and found it also works in iMovie 10 (both apps appear to share a lot of code).

     

    Geoff.