IMovie backking Sound tracks to import

A few years agao, when I used to make lots of iMovies, there used to be a page on the Apple site where you could download sound tracks that were good for home movies. Does that page still exist? If not, where else can I download background music for free?
Thanks you

Ui!
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You might also want to look at macjams.com
Great site for free original music!
Sue
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Can I import and play just the sound track from a video?

I downloaded some video clips with sound and imported them as QT videos into i-tunes - no problem. But how can I now play just the sound track and import it into a music playlist so I can play it on my Ipod in the car? (Or if I put the video on my Ipod - it's a sound only one, not a video one - will it just play the sound track?)
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Without knowing anything about the nature of the video files you're talking about, all I can say is that if they contain audio, you can extract it. The process may not be lossless, unless you extract the audio and convert it to Apple Lossless, WAV or AIFF. If your iPod is an older one, you may be limited in the formats you can play.
For a simple way to extract the audio only, you can use the Streaming/Exporting Wizard in VLC. You can also, depending on the format of the source movie, export audio with Toast or even iMovie to formats compatible with iPods.

IMovie sound track

On iMovie, can you play a live music recording keep the sound track playing and add other visuals?
Thanks

Hello, songthief!
Welcome to the discussions!
What format was the commercial CD song? Did it play in iMovie?
You might want to re-record it to get it into a form that iDVD will burn. You can do this several ways. Here are two suggestions:
1. Import the song into iTunes, then burn it to a CD. Reimport the song from the CD back into iTunes in AIFF, then import it into your iMovie.
2. Record the song using WireTap Pro and import the AIC file that it creates into your imovie.
Also, one more tip:
Don't send your iMovie to iDVD from WITHIN your iMovie. Close your finished iMovie, open iDVD, create your project and then drag/drop your iMovie into iDVD's main screen. You will find your movie in 'Media' ->'Movies.' This prevents double rendering of your clips, 'jaggies' in your final burned DVD and other problems.

From good iMovie to iDVD sound track not playing (let us try this again!)

There was an earlier problem of this posted here...the question was marked ANSWERED...but didn't solve anything for most of us that replied. So let us take it out for another spin...
Created in iMovie...works perfect in iMovie 6...then SHARE with iDVD. Attempting to preview...no sound track is played/heard.
Can someone let us know what is going on...how to fix...and why we users are forced to be beta-testers for RELEASED software? This problem seem like something that SHOULD have been found, tested and corrected by release date.
This product is wasting a lot of user's time and dvd discs.
Thanks

This product is wasting a lot of user's time and dvd discs.
Well I can help you stop wasting disks, at least! Use "Save as Disk Image" to encode the project and create a ".img" file. You can test the final encoding by mounting the .img file and playing it with DVD player in your applications folder. If this has sound, then burn it with Disk Utility.
iMovie will sometimes tolerate both 12 bit and 16 bit audio. iDVD won't - it must have 16 bit audio. Check the settings on your camcorder with the problem DV tape in it. If it is 12 bit audio, there are fixes listed here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61636
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/audio/1001.shtml
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/audio/1000.shtml
I know you say it plays fine in iMovie, but these fixes sometimes help files that work in iMovie but don't work right in iDVD.
If none of this applies, please let us know, and as F Shippey said, let Apple know too!
John B.

I can't export my video which contains only photos, sound tracks nor play it in fullscreen iMovie it shuts down. And now my whole file won't open at all it'll open with nothing inside ??

I can't export my video which contains only photos, sound tracks nor play it in fullscreen iMovie it shuts down. And now my whole file won't open at all it'll open with nothing inside ??

I also have Jolly's problem. I found the iMovie 9.0.9 folder and tried to launch the older version of iMove. It would not launch. I removed all of the iMovie preferences from the Preferences folder, removed iMove 10 from the applications folder, and restarted my Mac. iMove 9.0.9 still won't launch and I can't access my videos created with the older version of iMovie. Is there a way to uninstall iMovie 10 and reinstall iMovie 9.0.9?
I am running Yosemitie on a iMac.
Paul

Re ilife 11: I bought it so I could manipulate the sound WITHIN an imovie clip. The sound track in imovie 09 fluctuates wildly following export of the movie. It seems that ilife 11 in fact does not have improved controls. Any suggestions?

Can I transfer my files to the apple movie "pro" system instead? I forget what its proper name is. With that programme like the old imovie of '05 approximately, you can grab the sound track within a clip and manipulate its volume up or down.
I need to do that to compensate for the coder problems in imovie 09 and 11 soundtracks.

ecivres wrote:
....you can grab the sound track within a clip and manipulate its volume up or down...
This can be done quite easily in iMovie '11.
Firstly, click on the waveform icon at the bottom right of iMovie's window (also at the lower right of the Project window) - shown here:
You will see the volume level line within the waveform. For the section you wish to lower the volume, click and drag across the waveform so that it is highlighted with a yellow border. Now you can drag the volume line up and down. See the following example, showing the different volume levels:
TIP: Set the thumbnail slider (next to the waveform icon) to half a second - this will show more detail in the waveform, with each thumbnail representing half a second of video.
John
Message was edited by: John Cogdell - added TIP

I created a video in Photo Booth and when I imported it to iMovie, the sound went away.

I have a Macbook pro and have the new OS X Mavericks installed. I have updated iMovie, but there doesn't appear to be a Photobooth update. I need to put 3 videos together in iMovie. Two movies were taken on my iphone and saved on my desktop, the other was created with Photobooth on the same computer. I imported the first 2 videos into iMovie and they work fine. When I tried to import the video created in Photobooth, it said it had to be converted. I converted the video through the computer's option and it played fine on the desktop. Upon importing the converted file into iMovie, the sound disappeared. What am I missing?

The iMovie forum is here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/imovie
That's where the knowledgeable ones on that issue hang out. Be sure to include the version of iMovie that you're using too.

Sound doesn't import in iMovie videos.

I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 digital camera that imports perfectly on Quicktime. When I drag the videos to iMovie, the sound doesn't work. I was told that I needed to convert it. It's an MPG and I was wondering if anyone knew of any software that I could use to do so and what to change it to. Thank you.

Sorry, I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I am having a major issue with my Cybercam and don't know where to post it. You said that yours was syncing perfectly and I need help with that. When I plug my camera (DSC-W80) into my powerbook, the finder freezes. but if I change the camera settings to use PictBridge, I can get the pictures sometimes with Image Capture, and all the video clips(if i can even open them) are only 1 second long. Does anyone know what I can do?

IMovie HD doesn't recognize sound track from MPEG1 files

My camera creates MPEG1 files which IMovie HD doesn't recognize the sound track. The Apple Store tech told me to purchase Quicktime Pro & save my files as MPEG4. After doing so IMovie finds no audio source.
Also I tried to reinstall IMovie (not HD) which worked fine, but it won't reinstall.
What to do?

no, QT can not 'demuxx' ...
and avoid re-installs, MacOsX is not Windows.. ;))
simply download and use for free
www.squared5.com
Mpeg Streamclip
open your mpeg1, choose 'dv stream' as export option.. done.

Importing a DVD sound track

Is there a way to import a sound track from a DVD into itunes then copy it to an ipod?

Audio Hijack will work, but it is a real-time process and records all sounds, including system sounds, when recording.
Instead of recording, you can "rip" the audio only from a DVD and convert it to MP3.
It is not a quick process, but it certainly can be done. I have followed this process for several concert DVDs that I own and I am quite happy with the results. Best of all, it can all be done with free software, but there is one small program to buy to give it a more professional touch and amke it much easier on the ears.
First, download OSEx. This will allow you to extract only the audio files from a DVD.
To demux/extract only the audio with OSEx, splitting the audio in one file per chapter (usually equivalent to a song for music videos):
- After starting OSex and inserting your music video DVD, make sure the correct title is selected by clicking on the "TI" button.
- Click on the "VID" button an deselect the video stream(s).
- Click on the "Aud" button and select the appropriate audio stream (usually 2 channel AC3).
- Click on the "Fmt" button and select "Elem. streams."
- Click on the "Seg" button and select "Chapter" to split the audio by track in separate files.
- Click "Begin" to start audio axtraction.
If you have a few songs that span several DVD tracks and have no break in them, you can encode them as one audio track by selecting those tracks together and encoding them as a single selection.
Then, download mAC3dec. This is a program that will convert the resulting AC3 files from OSEx into MP3s. I use the highest bitrate - 320 - so that my audio is as close to the source as possible.
Then - the finishing touch - but one that costs $10.95. It is well worth it. Download MP3 Trimmer. This sweet little program allows you to trim the beginning and ends of files off and even apply a fade in and out without re-encoding the file and eliminating the resulting loss of sound quality. This means that you can cut the applause out of the beginnings and endings of the tracks, and since you can fade in and out, you lessen the "shock" of the breaks in the tracks that can be so annoying.
All in all, it sounds harder than it actually is, but it is well worth it for a whopping $10.95 for all three programs.
BTW, I am not connected with these companies at all and receive no compensation of any kind. It is just a process that I did a lot of research on and came up with these three programs and the steps to create a nice, professional sounding CD from concert DVDs.

PP cs5 wont import mts sound track

On my machine I have a full licenced copy of Master Colelction CS5 and a trail version (within 30 days) of Production premium cs5.5
If i import a avchd file in MTS format into prem pro cs5, the sound track does not show in the import bin properties etc . Also, if I drag to timeline only the video shows - no audio
This file plays fine (audio and video) in other media players such as VLC and windows media so the file itself is ok
Any clues anyone as to what I should be looking at?
I have imported other files ok, such as .MOV and they are fine
I know cs5.5 trail has certain limitations, I am hoping the install of cs5.5 trial has not messed up my cs5 install
Regards
Chris Anderson

Hi Colin
Nope! - i made sure all cache files were gone, just an empty directory then relaunched pp.
When i add the 'good' file, the cfa/pek files are generated ok
Below is the info from mediainfo for the 'good' file and the 'bad' file. First the bad file:
Odd - note the 'duration' field, shows on good file but not bad file??
Chris
General
ID                               : 0 (0x0)
Complete name                    : V:\Source Material\Source Footage\Test Footage\Test audio xx\HG21.MTS
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
File size                        : 198 MiB
Overall bit rate                 : -23214266604056551000
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 24.0 Mbps
Video
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=1, N=24
Codec ID                         : 27
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Maximum bit rate                 : 22.7 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Audio
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : 129
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : -80ms
now the 'good file'
General
ID                               : 0 (0x0)
Complete name                    : E:\00094.MTS
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
File size                        : 20.1 MiB
Duration                         : 7s 110ms
Overall bit rate                 : 23.5 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 24.0 Mbps
Video
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=1, N=24
Codec ID                         : 27
Duration                         : 7s 120ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 22.3 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 22.7 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 25.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Interlaced
Scan order                       : Top Field First
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.431
Stream size                      : 18.9 MiB (94%)
Audio
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : 129
Duration                         : 7s 200ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Delay relative to video          : -80ms
Stream size                      : 225 KiB (1%)

No sounds when i import to my imovie

i loaded my video clips into iPhoto. when i watch the clips in Quicktime from iPhoto they have sound....but when i put the clips into the iMovie the sound is gone....i cant find what is going wrong...

Try using MPEG Streamclip to convert the video to DV.
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I loose both sound tracks of the last chapter when burning a movie to a disc in iDVD

I loose both sound tracks in the last chapter when I burn a project to a disc in iDVD. The sound tracks are there if I play the movie in iDVD before burning to disc, but as soon as I try turn burn to disc the original sound track & the sound track imported from iTunes disappears in the majority of the last chapter.
I'am using the latest version of iMovie & IDVD. The project in iDVD is listed as 96 minutes & 3.9GB & I'am using an LG single sided DVD 120 Min 4.7GB
Any help will be appreciated.
Mike (Australia)

Hi
May be something here.
No audio on DVD disc.
Most common origin.
1. Imported audio from iTunes.
• In iTunes copy out as an Audio-CD .aiff (Same as played on standard Stereo CD - no .mp3)
• Use this in Your movie project
2. Low - Free Space on Start-up/Boot/Internal/Mac OS Hard disk makes it hard for iMovie to work as intended.
Down to 1.3 GB and it doesn’t work - especially audio don’t migrate over to Media Browser
(iM’08 & 09)
3. Material in iMovie’08 & 09 - Shared to Media Browser and here selected as Large
large.m4v. It silenced out this project in iDVD. By making a slight alteration - provoking it to ask for a new Share/Publish to Media Browser and here selecting 640x480 - and audio was back when a new iDVD project was created including this movie.
Minuscular - - 176x144
Mobile - - - - - 480x360
Medium - - - - 640x480
Large - - - - - - 720x540 960x540
HD - - - - - - - - 1280x720
4. Strange audio formats like .mp3, .avi etc.
• Change them to .aiff. Use an audio editor like Audacity (free)
5. Main audio is set to off in System Preferences - Does this by it self - Don’t know why
Cheque Audio-Out resp. Audio-In
6. Ed Hanna
Had the same problem; some Googling around gave me a kludgy, but effective fix
Downgrade Perian from recent versions back to version 1.0.
That worked for me, and so far I haven't encountered any deficiencies — except it takes more advanced versions of Perian to enable QuickTime to handle subtitles in .srt format — that I have noticed.
7. GarageBand fix.
In this set audio to 44.1 kHz (Klaus1 suggestion)
(if this don’t work try 48 kHz - me guessing)
Before burning the DVD.
• Do a DiskImage (File menu and down)
• Double click on the .img file
• Test it with Apple DVD-player
If it’s OK then make Your DVD.
Burn at x1 speed.... (or x4)
• In iDVD 08 - or - 09
• Burn from DiskImage with Apple’s Disk Utilities application
• OR burn with Roxio Toast™ if You got it
Yours Bengt W

How to move sound track with video to another drive

If I want to work on a project on another Mac, I copy the iMovie Events and Projects folders to a portable drive, then drag them into the correct folders of the other Mac. (Not sure if this is the best way, but it works.) But the sound track is missing if I don't have the same songs in that Mac's iTunes. What's the best way to keep the song with the project when I transfer to another Mac?

I tried the Consolidate command, and I see how it works, copying the events or clips to another >drive. But how does the music track get transferred? I don't see it in the copied folder.
If you followed the instructions, the music track is there. It is probably in the Project file. If you right click on the RCPROJECT file, select "Show Package Contents" and see if you can spot it.
If I consolidate from one computer to a portable drive, what happens when I plug the portable >drive into another computer? Does iMovie just see the project and events on the external drive? Or >do I have to drag them to the new computer's drive? What about the music tracks? Do I have to >import them into the other computer's iTunes?
Yes, iMovie sees the external drive, and you can work on your movie. If you prefer, you could drag the RCPROJECT file to the Movies/iMovie Events Folder and then run the Consolidate command again to move everything to the new computer, but you really don't need to. It should work fine on the external drive.
The external drive must be formatted as Mac OX Extended (journaled)

Replace sound track on raw video?

I'm editing the video that my church takes every Sunday at service. We record the sound on my MacBook using GarageBand. Unfortunately, there is no microphone input on the camera, so I can't get the mixed sound coming out of the sound board into the camera directly.
What I've been doing is muting the sound on the raw video & then taking the GarageBand audio to voice over the video. It works but it's a pain because if I have to cut anything out of the service, I have to make the same edit in the GarageBand audio. Then I have to get everything resynched so the video doesn't look like a Godzilla movie.
Is there any easy way I can take the raw video & replace the sound track on that with the GarageBand audio, so all I'll have to do is cut the video where necessary? I'm not hopeful that the answer is "Yes", but I thought I'd ask.
Thanks
Tony

You could add the GB audio track. Then SHARE/EXPORT TO QUICKTIME in Apple Intermediate Codec.
Then import the AIC file to imovie. You could then edit this as you describe.

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