Audio in Quicktime, audio in iDVD but not in iMovie

Hi All,
I'm pretty sure the answer will be a menu setting I haven't been smart enough to find on my own, so thanks in advance for any and all assistance.
On ocassion I've taken quicktime movie file created in Final Cut Pro, imported it into iMovie - where the sound doesn't play, then out of curiousity shared to iDVD, where voila!, I have sound again!!!
What silly setting am I missing? I'm sure it's something simple I'm overlooking, argh!
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Howdy Brian,
I found the perfect article to help troubleshoot the lack of audio when you play movies in Quicktime. Its named iTunes and QuickTime for Windows: Audio does not play or plays incorrectly and can be found here http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1362.
All the best,
Sterling

Similar Messages

Can I strem audio to my airport express? but not only iTunes

Can I stream audio to my airport express? but not only iTunes. where can I suggest to Apple make some about it?

Hello keer. Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Can I stream audio to my airport express? but not only iTunes.
Yes. To stream audio, other than from an iTunes source, to an AirPort Express Base Station (AX) you will need a third-party product, like Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil.
where can I suggest to Apple make some about it?
You can submit suggestions to Apple at the following link: Apple Product Feedback

I movies work with sound in quicktime but not in imovie hd!!!

I have clips that worked in imovie hd before but all of a sudden the sound will not work, but they will work in quicktime....any ideas?

Welcome to iMovie Discussions.
Some clips - which started life not as DV camcorder clips, but might be .AVI, or somesuch, downloaded from the web, or shot as movies with a digital stills camera - may have audio in QuickTime but not in iMovie.
QuickTime understands and replays many different file formats (..see all the different file formats QuickTime Player can handle, in the right-hand column here..) ..some of which iMovie can't handle.
If your clips "..worked in imovie hd before but all of a sudden the sound will not work.." it might be because you'd had QuickTime open in the background, previously, or because you'd altered them in some way ..or maybe you 'Extracted' their audio, but don't have the check-boxes ticked for the audio tracks at the right-hand edge of the Timeline.
The most important question is: were these clips originally from a tape-based DV camcorder, or did you import them from something else, e.g; web, hard disc camcorder, DVD camcorder, .AVI or other iMovie-incompatible origins?

Bad audio on IDVD but not IMOVIE

Why is my audio sounding like slow motion when i preview my IDVD but the IMOVIE plays it just fine?

Why is my audio sounding like slow motion
Not sure, but the "preview" in iDVD sometimes is great and the final product is bad, or preview can be bad, but the final product can be just fine.
So you can try "Save as Disk Image" and see if the encoded disk image will play OK with the Apple DVD player. If it's OK, the burn the image with Disk Utiltiy.
But if your audio is still bad on the iDVD disk image, go back to iMovie and "Extract audio" and then try again. You might have 12bit audio in your DV files, if so look here for other advice:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/audio/1001.shtml
John B

Audio ok when playing on computer, but not there when playing on DVD player

I've made two DVDs on my MacBook: one where I dragged a variety of short films into iDVD (imported via iMovie but NOT edited on iMovie!) and burned it - this one plays fine on everyone's computers and DVD players. The second DVD I created with material edited in iMovie and then burned via Share -> iDVD and while that plays fine on my computer, the audio is "missing" when I play it on a regular DVD player.
I burned the DVDs the exact same way, used the exact same DVD stock, and played on the exact same DVD player, so what's going on? I don't think it's an iDVD problem, I think there's something (not) happening in iMovie...
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

What format is the original?

FCP Quicktime Movies works well in iDVD, but not in DVDSP

Hello,
I work in a film school with several iMac & PowerMac editing suites running Final Cut Studio 2.
Every computer is set up exactly the same way, yet we are having odd problems with DVDSP on one of the PowerMacs.
From FCP6, we export self contained quicktime movies, that we then Compress, and then import into DVDSP. This system works well on all of our new iMacs, but on the 3 year old PowerMac, the resultant DVDs that it burns do NOT playback on any DVD Players at all.
Yet strangely, when I take the same QT Movie into iDVD on that computer, it burns a perfectly good DVD.
I have even tried bringing the QT Movie files and Compressor files from the Power Mac and transfer them onto an iMac and have been able to burn them fine that way as well. This is occurring with all the FCP projects on this computer.
Any help would be much appreciated,
Sincerely,
Marc Griffin

It could be a few things, but it may be that the drive itself is dirty or going. It sounds strange but there were people on the board who ran into issues where they could burn the DVD but not play it back on the same drive. Could be something became corrupted. Also people have noticed some strange things happening if an install of Studio 2 was done over a prior installation - it seemed to be most reliable by doing a fresh OS install then installing 2. Also does the computer have all the updates to the software? Are all the computers running the same OS? Have you deleted prefs and repaired permissions?
Also check your settings on the PowerMac, are you doing a proper build/burn? Did you set a first play? Are you using the same type of media?

How to get audio clips to play at site but not actually download?

Would like person to be able to listen only to audio clips but not to be able to download clip to add to their iTunes library. In other words, am selling an audio product, and while I'd like people to be able to hear samples at my site (built with iweb), I don't want them to retain clip. Any suggestions on how to accomplish this would be much appreciated!

Stopping people from downloading anything that's published to the internet is virtually impossible.
I would recommend that you first edit your files so that you only have about a one minute clip online....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/AudioFiles/Import.html
Dragging you files onto the iWeb page is not the best way to present them as a large percentage of PC users won't be able to play them. The Wordpress standalone flash player is still about the best way to play audio and you have to know how to get into the source code to be able to download the files....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/MusicPlayers/FlashPlayers.html
Or use a flash jukebox....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Music-Movies/Flash-Audio-Jukebox.html
For the increasing number of people using iPhone/iPad you can use this dual player....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Music-Movies/Wordpress-Flash-HTML5-Audio .html
or have an alternative page using HTML5 players.....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Music-Movies/HTML5-Audio-Player.html
"I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link."

Audio input volume in System Preferences, but not Mainstage

Hi,
I am trying to get Mainstage 2 to work with an audio interface (TASCAM US-122 MKII). I've installed the drivers for the interface, and it shows up on my system both in System Preferences under Audio and in Mainstage. When I go to system preferences -> Audio and play an instrument through the interface, volume registers on the level meter. But if I go to Mainstage and select this interface as my input, I get no volume levels registering at the input.
I've been trying to get this to work for going on six hours now, googling and installing and restarting to no avail. I have the same problem with Garageband too. Has anyone had this happen to them, that an audio interface seems to be recognized by the operating system but not by Mainstage/Garageband?
Thanks,
- Nick

I can't help, other than to say this happened to me today with the same hardware, only with GarageBand.
I recorded bass tracks this morning -- no problem. This afternoon, though, every time I plugged in the Tascam GarageBand went silent, even though the system input shows sound coming in.

Audio audible in one Encore timline, but not the other?

Hello,
I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue in an Encore timeline for Blu-ray with an MPEG-2 and AC3 file. It's odd because with the exact same file specs for both video and audio, I'm able to hear the audio from test project timeline (shorter in duration), but not the full length project timeline (roughly an hour and half in duration).
I'm in the process of burning a disk to verfiy that the audio is simply not there, rather than a playback issue with the longer project, but can anyone suggest what might be failing here? Again, the two projects appear to be identical in settings and file specs for video and audio, only the duration of one (working) is shorter than the other (not working).
The audio file has been validated outside of Encore as playing back audio.
Thanks for anything thoughts anyone might have here. Btw, the project has no menu screens. It is for a "play only" Blu-ray disk.
Mtbakerstu

Stan, thanks for the questions / feedback.
As it turns out the file specs were not identical ! No fault of Adobe- an ingest / encode application from another company mysteriously swapped out channels 1/2 of audio to 5/6, and were not readable in Encore. This information was not readiliy accessible within Encore, but was discovered in bringing the audio into Final Cut Pro (where it could be heard).
Thanks again for your thoughts, as always.
Mtbakerstu

Audio plays fine in safari, firefox, but not one an iphone, how do I...

succesfully create the correct plugin, mime type, class, whatever to get this to work on all formats?
Is my encoding wrong, help I'm a newbie!
I've tried: mp3 and m4v files, plugin: swf, quicktime and various combinations of plugins and media types.
Like I said works fine in Safari on a mac but not in safari on an Iphone
newbie help!
thanks

All you can do is hide them. On the Not On This iPhone page, swipe from left to right on the offensive App and Hide will appear - tap it.

My ripped .mp4 movies will play in QuickTime and AppleTV 3; but not in iTunes? Anyone else have this problem?

I used Make MKV and Handbrake to rip 2 purchased DVDs to mp4. Both will play on my AppleTV 3 and in QuickTime. But in iTunes I can only can see a still-frame, and use the slider to fast-forward and rewind them. They won't play.
If iTunes incorporates QuickTime into playback, I don't understand, as I can play them in QuickTime. I really didn't understand after I watched one of them on my AppleTV 3.
Anyone else having this problem?

What's your output settings in Handbrake?
MP4 is a container format that can be encoded with H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, Divx, etc. iTunes support common MP4 files but not work with all the codecs.
Try some other settings and rerip it. H.264 is mostly recommended.

Quicktime the app works, but not in the internet.

When i want to watch a movie in quicktime in safari, it says i need quicktime to view it.
but quicktime 7.2 works fine.

Contact iTune Support if In-App Purchases restrictions is off
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html

External drive works in iMovie 9, but not in iMovie 11

Hi
I have almost all of my events on an external hard drive which works in iMovie 9 but is invisible i iMovie 11. Can you help?
thanks,
Philip

Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this issue? I can't figure out why it would work on a test account but not on my main account.
Thanks!
Stephen
Message was edited by: El Gaucho

Can see VCR in viewfinder but not in imovies

Hi,
I am trying to convert old footage from my vcr thru sony dcr96e into imovies. when i play the vcr i can see footage in my camcorders viefinder but not in the imovies screen. it does say ' camera connected ' in imovies so its definately recognised. i pressed import to see what would happen and it took just a snapshot of footage like a photo.
thanks

Hia there!
Anoying isnt it? Your on the right track, but sometimes you need to have a tape in the videocorder. (a blank1 as you dont want to risk anything)
then you need to sweettalk the import button press and HOLD til u see the numbers moving on imovie screen ...
You may need to try several times I guess your teaching the pc to see somehow
(its blind) ?
Go with tiger!
Ivar. . .

I can send video to IDVD but not audio...

I shot it on my video camera, imported with Imovie, sent it to garageband to add chapters (markers) and then sent it to IDVD for burning. Am I needing to check some audio button or something? The dvd burns fine but no audio.
Thanks.

Xvid/Divx are output files, not meant to be edited (variations of the MPEG4 codec, often used for Internet streaming video) so, they mostly do NOT edit well (if at all) in any flavor of Premiere
To edit a divx file, start at http://www.divx.com/
To edit an xvid file, start at http://www.xvid.com/

Audio in Quicktime, audio in iDVD but not in iMovie

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for