Exporting from iMovie 08 falls out of sync

Ive been stuggling with iMovie 08 for 5 days now trying to get a 12 minute movie exported without audio syncing issues. By the end of the exported movie.. the lips are detectably off sync with the audio. Im blow away how Ive gone through all possible export settings I can think of to no avail.
This is HD tape...
Anybody able to sync their exported movies with perfect sync?
Tell me your exported settings PLEASE!
Thanks

Check your audio codec for your source material.
You can do this by opening it in Quicktime Player and selecting Window/Quicktime Inspector.
If your audio codec is 12 bit, it will frequently get out of sync. The solution is to use a 16 bit codec. Or run your source files through QT Pro and export as 16 bit.

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