Imported DV is missing sound

That's interesting. The video contains AAC, an iMovie compatible audio codec, but there is no sound when played in iMovie even when re-converted to Mp4/AAC, also iMovie compatible. You might be right that this is something that Apple will need to address.

-- Rich

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.

I spent about an hour on the phone with support and got nowhere. I google a little while longer and found the iMovie 9.09 work around, which seems to be working. This guy's tutorial is what I used iMovie 2018 - Full Tutorial for Beginners - 16 MINUTES! [+General Overview] - YouTube

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?

I might not have been clear in my process, allow me to break it down.

1. Capture footage from miniDV camera using iMovie 9. (Instructions for getting iMovie 9 on your up to date Mac here: Get iMovie 9 On Mac OS Sierra 2017! - YouTube)

2. Once you've captured the footage in iMovie 9 control-click the clip you've captured and reveal that clip in the finder. The file should be the date on the timecode and end with ".dv" file extension. Copy that file.

3. Open iMovie 10.1.9 and paste the file into the timeline.

4. Edit as needed and export.

I have no idea why, but moving the .dv file into iMovie 10.1.9 returns the quality to what it should be.

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For some reason I was unable to paste the file into the timeline of iMovie 10. I was, however, able to locate the clip as you said, and just drag and drop it onto whatever I chose in the Event list.

The second solution was to download LifeFlix directly from their Web site:

www.lifeflix.com

I had downloaded it from the Apple App Store, but that version is not compatible with (older?) Canon DV cameras. Their tech support got back to me at the same time as you did. The one from their Web site works great however.

LifeFlix is not a super complex program, but it does everything I need. Since I don't know if Apple will be fixing their OS to work with iMovie 10, I may just stick with LifeFlix, especially because I may continue using miniDV for years to come, and they are more likely to continue to support than Apple.

Hmmm. Well, since there is no sound on two different video editor apps and two different computers it might be that your camera is not exporting properly (or unsupported on the new operating systems) or it is media related. As I mentioned before, the original poster's camera does not appear on the supported camera list. You might click on the link I gave and see if your camcorder is supported. I can't explain why one DV tape worked out of the 12 you tried. At this point I am out of ideas. If you find the solution please post back in case it might help others with this problem.

Good luck with this.

- Rich

Just a thought

This camera worked in previous versions of iMovie.

Have you any .dv files from previous imports that you can import into your 10.1.8 version

to see if the audio is carried over.

Try what thesurreyfriends says and see if that works.

I have found in the context of other problems that converting to Mp4/AAC often resolves the issue, so that might work here.

-- Rich

Looks as though High Sierra has broken the ability to import DV into iMovie (10), QTP and QT 7 Pro.

Converting to Mp4/AAC, as Rich suggested , might be the solution.

Open the new video in Quicktime and click on Window/Show Movie Inspector. Does it show an audio codec? If so, convert the movie to Mp4/AAC.

-- Rich

I have the same issue in imovie. I tried premire pro CS6 and it work just fine. However it import at mov file insted of mp4. This is an apple imovie issue.

This worked for me. Thanks!