Imported DV is missing sound

Just adding another voice to the field. Trying to import miniDV from a Canon ZR45. No audio.

I tried the quicktime option and had the same experience - audio meters seem to recognize the native audio, but nothing on playback.

Same set up worked in the past, but haven't used it since upgrading to High Sierra. I'm hoping that this is a glitch somewhere that can be corrected.

Thanks for all the ideas, everyone.

I am experiencing the same problem with mid 2015 iMac and HS 10.13.3 and canon GL2 mini DV camcorder...I purchased 2 thunderbolt to firewire adapters and multiple firewire cables 800 to 400....and imovies 10.1.8 with high sierra will import the video into iMovie but no audio files...I have a mid 2011 iMac with the previous iMovie and i have no problems....i am still researching alternatives to iMovie.....I am hoping someone in the community has found a solution....I have a couple other mini dv cameras that i can try later in the future....But it sure is frustrating to say the least....

Any fixes to this problem, is it the Sierra update. I had no problems importing dv video, now I cannot get audio to import, I hear it out of the camera but it is not being transferred. HELP! This is crazy, I have done this a ton of times before.

MarcGoat, did you have any issues with video quality using iMovie 9? I am running High Sierra and the video quality looks poor. I'm reading that High Sierra and iMovie 9 might not get along so well. If so, we're stuck until Apple fixes the High Sierra/iMovie 10 issue.

Got the LifeFlix installed and got footage off my Canon ZR80 miniDV. Same problem: no sound. So this has to be a Mac OS issue.

alhooter,

I control-clicked on version 10's "iMovie Library", selected "Show Package Contents" and copied the file from version 9 to version 10. Couldn't get it to show up in iMovie 10. Did you copy it over a different way?

Well I downloaded a trial version of FCPX and the same issue is present...no audio on imports from camcorder. This is ridiculous.

Image Capture does not recognize the camera.

Thanks for the tip. However I checked that location and I do not have those files. The quest continues

Once again, neither photos nor image capture recognizes a DV camcorder.

Negative, there is no music on the tape.

I see the comments on the iMovie but I am having the same problem with Final Cut Pro.

This worked for me. Thanks!

I did not notice any video quality issues. However, I have not yet used this method to import HD quality video. I have been importing some of my older tapes that were made on an older non-HD camera.