Delay start of background audio?

Is there any way to delay the start of the background audio track?
I'd like the video to start first, silently, and have the audio come in a second or two later. I can pin the audio to the first still image but if I later move that to rearrange the order of the first slide then I have to fix up the audio...
If I could delay the start of the background audio I'd avoid that problem.

I still want it to run automatically but be able to adjust the start time. Can anyone explain how to use "starttime", here is the explanation, but I don't understand:
STARTTIME=time (optional...requires QuickTime 4)
The STARTTIME attribute defines the first frame of the movie. STARTTIME can be any time within the length of the movie. By default, STARTTIME is the first frame of the movie (or 00:00:00). This attribute takes a time value in the form Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames (30ths). The frames component can be specified as a fixed point number so that more specific times can be specified for instance 3:30:22.5 means 3 minutes, 30 seconds and 22.5 frames.
Sounds like what I need but can't get it to work, what is "frames"? thanks

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