Imovie 10.0.5 won't allow recording over clips

Hi,
I am using iMovie 10.0.5 and am having trouble with the recording over clips. When I am finalizing a project and I just want to add some voice over to the clips and I click the record button, 90% of the time, it's counts down 3, 2, and then hangs and stops and won't allow me to record anything. Anyone else have this problem? ....or how to fix it?
Kathy

You've probably found the answer to your iMovie/voiceover by now. But....in case you didn't, here is what to do.
To insert voiceover, press the letter V on your keyboard. Click on the video in the Create Box. With your mouse, choose where you want to place your voiceover. Click there. Recording can't happen if you don't choose where you want the voiceover to start. Now, click on the microphone. 1-2-3 record. Hit the space bar when you want to stop voiceover in 10.0.5. To listen to your video with the voiceover in place, click on the beginning of the video and hit the space bar. If you want to remove your recorded voice, click on the it and press delete.

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