Cropping in iMovie

I am trying to edit video/audio footage in imovie. I followed the posted steps for converting my footage using Streamclip (because I'm working with a Sony DCR). I figured out how to separate the video and audio, get them both into and synced up in a movie project. Then, I want to trim beginning and ending footage of a "clip," so I use a middle portion of the clip. I'm able to clear video footage; however, the audio footage doesn't seem to clear. I did Lock the Audio at Playhead when I pasted the audio into the project. How does one delete both video and audio portions from an entire clip (actually the full mini-cd file/disk on which the video and audio is recorded.)?

To convert a DVD or MPEG to DV with MPEG Streamclip (v1.5.1 or later):
Open a desired .VOB on a DVD (DVD/VIDEOTS/VTS_011.VOB, for example) or a MPEG file.
Select the In/Out points if you want to extract just a portion of the video. Choose "File/Export to DV.../Compression: DV (DV25)".
Choose "Split DV stream in Segments" if the content is more than 9 minutes 27 seconds because iMovie 1-4 can't reliably handle longer clip files and it might be a good idea to limit the converted .dv file's size anyway (segmented clips play seamlessly in iMovie).
You can import the converted .dv to iMovie or save it directly into iMovie project's Media folder to save time and HD space (iMovie prompts you what to do with the clip when the project is opened.
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG

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