audio not working properly on imported files

I imported some video files imported from my camera and when I play them the image plays correctly every-time no matter what software i use but there is no audio when i play it using quicktime or iMovie, there is sound however when I play it using VLC or on google drive (same file).

MacBook Pro TouchBar and Touch ID, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2)

Posted on Dec 7, 2017 9:41 PM

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Dec 8, 2017 1:44 PM in response to Gsmith-7

Hi, Gaelen,


Your Pentax Optio WG ll is not listed on Apple's website as an iMovie supported camera. That's probably because of the audio codec used in the video, which I believe is not supported by iMovie. iMovie likes Mp4/AAC (advanced audio coding). However, the .mov video portion of your video clip works fine, so you need to convert the audio part to a codec that iMovie supports.


Open your video clip in VLC and use that app to convert the audio to Mpeg 4 Audio (AAC) and you should be good to go.


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