Choppy audio on import

I've been trying to import video from my mini DV camera and the audio portion is coming in quite choppy. I've deleted the imovie plist as well as the cache to no avail. When the tape plays on the camera itself the audio is fine. Maybe there is an issue with the camera? Has anyone else had this problem?

Hi S
a. Camera is set to 12-bit audio (often from factory) set it to 16-bit (and keep it so)
b. Your tape is recorded in LP-mode. (90 min on a 60 min tape) Don't.
You might try a new project and a new import to this BUT first go to iMovie pref and turn
off - import as separate clips. This might save the audio.
Many possible origins. Five other very commons are:
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disc is less than 10Gb
• Hard disc is untidy: Repair Permissions, Repair Hard disc (Apple Disc Util tool)
• Delete iMovie pref file - or rather start a new account - log into this and re-try
• Third party plug-ins that doesn't work OK
• Program miss-match: iMovie 6.0.3 or 4, Mac OS X.4.10 AND QuickTime 7.2 - is OK
Yours Bengt W

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