IMovie Editing & Sound

Hey
I have imported an Mpeg file into iMovie. I need to cut certain clips from the video to create a new video. e.g. I need to cut from 2 Min 0 Secs to 2 Min 19 Secs, then from 2 Min 47 to 3 Min 9 secs etc. How do I do this? Also I have lost the sound from the video. Can anyone help me please??
Regards
Marc

I imported the video from my Sony Digital camera that does videos. It has sound, and plays in Quicktime with audio, but imported into iMovie, no sound. What can I do to fix this?
Don't use QT application for conversion. You need an MPEG-based, third-party application here like MPEG Streamclip (free) or iSquint (free). Both will convert the Sony MPEG-1 and retain the audio. iSquint is easier to use but limits your output to MPEG-4 or H.264 for iMovie '08. MPEG Streamclip is a bit more complicated but allows many more output options and, in effect, is like QT Pro as far as conversions to QT structure and QT component supported outputs go.
Ok I have all the clips I wanted from my video, so now, how do I merge them into 1 video so I can export it and load it onto youtube?
That depends on the software you intend to use. If using iMovie '08, simply import the files to an "Event," move them from the Event window to the Project window in the order you want, edit, add titles, and/or transitions as desired, and then use the "Share" menu option to send them to your YouTube account from within iMovie '08. If you plan to upload them manually, use a "Share" or "Export" option to create the target compression format you want and follow the YouTube web site instructions.

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We took old home VHS tapes of the kids and burned them to DVD-RW using a Sony RDR-VX560.
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When the disk shows up in Finder on the left side under devices it has a little red dash, indicating I have no rights or permission.
That means you do not have permission to open the file. As I noted, some of my DVD-RAM DVDs are that way.
If burning a standard DVD does not work, post back and I can explain how to copy the Video_TS folder so you can edit it.
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Off topic, but interesting. There is something very wrong. Sounds like there is an encoding problem. In the highest resolution, a 1-hour long movie uses the full 4.7 GB.
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Let's keep your relatives' sporans out of this! LOL!
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Unlike you, I did not attempt to import the entire lot at once! I did them in date order, mostly about one hour at a time, never more than 90 minutes, which was sometimes necessary for continuity reasons. Unlike you I set clips to import at 3 minutes each, having invested in David Pogue's 'iMovie 6 & iDVD 6 -The Missing Manual' which I got from Amazon. For the first two or three iMovie projects I followed the advice in the book, page by page. Now I am more confident!
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I am certain that I have a clip of 32GB but that cannot then be- as the Hi8 tapes are only 90 minutes long, right?
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Great video btw, I still have a few questions though.
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tollirom wrote:
I tried to make a video editing with imovie on ipad with pictures only from my ipad 2.
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