IMovie '11 Audio problem

I have a problem with iMovie '11. I record the audio with the Zoom H1 and I wanted to sync it with iMovie. But after 5 minutes the audio indicator in iMovie is empty and it doesn't playback the rest of the 10 minute audio file. It's working in QuickTime X, iTunes and VLC.

Have yoiu tried exporting it from Quick Time (you'll need QuickTime 7 Pro) or from iTunes to somehting like an ACC file and then improting that to iMovie.
Mat
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/extending
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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