No Audio on most of my videos after downloading into imovie

Please help! I had audio in the videos once I downloaded them into imovie, but then the audio just disappeared! Did I click on something?? How do I fix this?

tj08 wrote:
..I had audio in the videos once I downloaded them into imovie, but then the audio just disappeared! ..
I assume, you don't import from a camcorder (=as suggested by Apple), but try to handle an mpeg in iMovie (=as not suggested by Apple).
to make mpegs editable in iMovie, you have to convert those files BEFORE import.
recommended tools are Mpeg Streamclip .. and in case, you have to convert mp2, you need additional the mp2-playback component (20$, apple.com/quicktime)
in case your files use a DivX codec, you should install www.perian.org

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