I give up: Missing Audio in Events Library, NO skimming, no sound

The subject line tells it all. When I 'upgraded' to iLife 11, the audio function in playback from the Events Library has ceased. When I move a clip to the Project section, the audio is there. I can "see" the audio when I select to see the waveform of the Event clip. But nothing makes the sound come on. I have reinstalled, etc. Nada.
Any tips?
Am I stupid, or is this another glitch in the skin of this otherwise pretty shiny fruit???
Thanks

I am also having problems importing video and audio. The video comes in but the audio is gone. I am using a Zoom camera and with iLife 09 there was no problem. On solution I have found is to open the video in Quicktime and then save it there. After saving in Quicktime I import the movie and the sound shows up. However the syncing between video and audio is slightly off.
It does not seem to play audio in the event window. Even when the audio squiggly is selected to the on position. In the editor window I have had to turn up the audio to hear anything.
Unless Apple resolves the issue I am going back to 09 until the bugs are worked out. What a shame. I like some of the new enhancements but not enough to have to jump through hoops to get the sound to work.

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