(Audio) problems with MPEG2 content

Hi everybody,
I have the following problems:
I have 2 movies, MPEG 2 format. I bought the Apple MPEG-2 component for Quick Time, the movies play fine. Then I trimmed them using Quick Time X and saved them as a "film", i.e. not changing any contents (at least this is what the menu information says).
1st problem: The movies still play fine, but strangely have the same file size as the source. How is this possible, if I have trimmed them (I actually cut both of them in half)? Info says the codec of the trimmed movies is "m2s", while the codec of the source files is "MPEG Layer 2, MPEG-2 Video".
Then I assembled a DVD using iDVD 7.0.4. When previewing the project in iDVD, everything seemed fine. I then saved the project as an image file.
2nd problem: When previewing the image file with DVD player, there is no audio. The image quality is fine, but no sound at all.
3rd problem: The iDVD .dvdproj file I created the image from is suddenly bigger than 5 GB, which is roughly the size of the image I created. Also, I can't open the project file anymore without causing iDVD to hang at startup.
Does anybody have a clue what is going on? Any help is highly appreciated!
Thank you!!

No, every codec is compressed. But it is a question of how much, and in what manner. Some codecs compress each frame in the same way image files are compressed (intraframe compression). Some codecs also use incomplete information for the frames, relying on prior frames for some information (interframe compression). Codecs with interframe compression save space, but are not good for editing because your software has to recreate a complete frame when you are creating an edit point, which takes extra time. So different codecs have been devised to fill different needs and applications.
Mpeg2 is done in such a way that it is space efficient and high quality, but introduces enough artifacts that once you transcode to mpeg2, you are better off going back to your source if you ever need to edit again.
There is uncompressed video, but I would call that a format rather than codec (compressor/decompressor). If you converted your footage to uncompressed, it would take up somewhere around 100GB for each hour. DV only uses 12GB per hour.
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All 3 of these microphones/headsets worked fine with my 2008 Mac Pro running Mountain Lion
All 3 of these microphones/headsets work fine with my 2013 Macbook Air running Mavericks
In this other thread, several people are reporting similar issues with the iMac 2013 and Mavericks. At least two people did not have the issue when the iMac 2013 was running Mountain Lion. This of course suggests the issue is the combination of the iMac 2013 and Mavericks.

Apple>About This Mac>More Info>Service
Please read the warranty paperwork that came w/your computer.
You have 14 days to return the computer w/no questions asked.
You have 90 days of FREE phone tech support on top of your standard 1 year warranty unless you also purchased AppleCare which gives you an additional 2 years of coverage plus FREE phone support.
Strongly suggest that you take FULL advantage of the above before it runs out. Let Apple deal w/the problems.

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