Video Falling Out of Synch During Import?

I am importing some video w/ linked audio into iMOvie--the tape appears to be fine, the audio is in synch with the video there. When I complete the import and then play the clip, the video does not appear for a few seconds, but the audio is present. So by the time the video does appear, it is horribly out of synch. How do I fix this? What could cause this to happen in the first place?

Hi
Most common origin to this is.
• Camera set on 12-bit audio
• Camera re-set after battery change (to 12-bit audio)
Go into the menu on/of the Camera and select 16-bit audio
• Camera recorded in LP-mode (90 min on a 60min tape) - AVOID THIS - A real trouble maker ! ! !
Set Camera into SP-mode (60 min on a 60min tape)
Your old movie
Set iMovie to import as one large clip - Not as individual clips (in iMovie pref)
• Now import Your material to TimeLine
• DIRECTLY after this select the video-clip
• goto Advanced menu and down to Extract audio
This might work and keep in sync.
Yours Bengt W

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