Add video to audio in iMovie

I'm doing a project in iMovie where I need to add video and photos to a song... however, there doesn't seem to be a way to import the audio to the project FIRST . . I need for the entire song to be in the project so I can determine where to add which video clips and photos.
When I import the audio, it only adds that portion of the audio that is the same length as whatever photos/video are already there . . .
How can I START with an audio track?
Thanks!

I would suggest using the Beat Marker feature. For a good Tutorial, see this link.
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/imovie_09_stone.html#markers
Here is a link to a good example created by Ian Parkinson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Crs1Mx92js

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Just to be sure, do you have thee timeline audio boxes checked?
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Hello-
I need to import some video and audio form some beta tapes and am wondering if this can be done in iMovie 09? Some of the tapes are hour long documentaries that i have scored and I have read on this forum that people have run into problems when trying to capture more than 5 minutes of footage. I have also read that there have been issues capturing the audio.
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dnito wrote:
Hello-
I need to import some video and audio form some beta tapes and am wondering if this can be done in iMovie 09? Some of the tapes are hour long documentaries that i have scored and I have read on this forum that people have run into problems when trying to capture more than 5 minutes of footage. I have also read that there have been issues capturing the audio.
Would I have more success capturing in FCE? Picture and audio quality is paramount for me.
Thanks!!
You can import into iMovie '09, but you need some kind of analog-digital video converter.
Apple sells this one: http://store.apple.com/us/product/TJ555LL/A
but there are many other devices available. Some with less features are substantially cheaper.
My old Firewire connected camcorders can do this conversion, but not all can, so take a look at your camcorder's manual if you do not already know.
iMovie can take the Firewire output of your converter and capture the import directly to your disk.
The video output quality of VCR tapes will not be as high as digital sources, but, in my experience, you will certainly lose some video quality with iMovie '09. I suggest you test a short segment captured or imported into iMovie '09. If you see video too much degradation, test with FCE. FCE will retain all the quality that your VCR tapes can offer.
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in iChat: iChat > Video > Record Chat records both video and audio.
in iMovie: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/7.0/en/10172.html
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