Imported DV is missing sound

Using iMovie 10.1.8, I'm importing some old video from a Canon ZR25MC. The first challenge was with connectivity since I needed to get a Firewire400 to Firewire800 adapter, and a Firewire800 to Thunderbolt adapter. That seemed to work fine since iMovie is able to see and control the camera. Importing video worked fine except it is missing audio. When I enable "show waveforms" in iMovie the audio portion is completely empty.

I've tried two different Macs — an iMac and a MacBookPro, both running HighSierra and iMovie 10.

I've seem some mention online about Quicktime missing some codecs, but that was always in the context of importing compressed files. Here, I'm just trying to import raw DV straight from a camera.

Posted on Dec 16, 2017 7:59 AM

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MarcGoat

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Posted on Mar 26, 2018 7:05 PM

I followed the tutorial here: Get iMovie 9 On Mac OS Sierra 2017! - YouTube to install iMovie 9.0.9 on my High Sierra iMac and then imported from my tape based DV camera to there and was able to retain all the sound and the time code. Plus the .dv file it creates works fine in the current iMovie.

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MarcGoat

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Apr 4, 2018 3:32 PM in response to abling

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.

alhooter

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Apr 22, 2018 8:16 AM in response to Mr. Wensleydale

I had the same problem. I revealed the captured footage in finder, and then copied it to iMovie 10 and the quality came back. I only lost quality when exporting through iMovie 9.

alhooter

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Apr 22, 2018 4:13 PM in response to Mr. Wensleydale

I'm glad it worked out for you! I've actually been in touch with Apple about this and they have been asking me logs and the like so it appears they are working on a solution.

abling

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Apr 23, 2018 9:15 AM in response to alhooter

Allow me to add my thanks, Alhooter. This fix worked and has allowed me to finish archiving old tapes. Thanks for sharing your solution!

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