IMovie iPhoto video events not in sync with iPhoto Events

Question

iMovie iPhoto events is not the same as my iPhoto events. I have recently amended a few events in iPhoto and to which I am satisfied with. However, iMovie is still showing the old events. For example (EVENT Holiday would contain two holidays originally - so I split this in iPhoto and that is displaying well. iMovie is still showing the old event with both holidays).
I've tried rebuilding iPhoto - all four options - and deleted the iMovie plist (think that is what you call it) but to no good conclusion. Please help?

Answer 1

The basic problem you are facing is the use of the internal camera. It is designed for simple web cam usage rather than movie making. If you are making a Face Time call, the variable frame rate helps you, because when there is not a lot of movement, it will slow down the frames and give you better performance at a lower bandwidth. If the audio is a little off you do not care.
Long term, you can solve this by using a camcorder that shoots at a constant framerate.
For your immediate problem, I think that the suggestion to use MPEG Streamclip was a good one.
Basically, you would be dragging in this file with the variable frame rate and using MPEG Streamclip to save it out as a file with a constant framerate. You should now have a file at 30 fps with audio to match, within reason.
Try dragging your clip into MPEG Streamclip. Click the PLAY button so you can see that it plays. Then FILE/EXPORT TO QUICKTIME. For Compression, choose Apple Intermediate Codec. Leave the sound setting as Uncompressed. In the Frame Rate box, type 30. Click the check box for Frame Blending. Deselect the box that says Interlaced Scaling.
Finally, click the MAKE MOVIE button, and give at a name. Save it to a location where you can find it. You can then import this into iMovie if you want, but using FILE/IMPORT MOVIE in iMovie.