No Sound on Imported Clips

I often copy video clips from the internet using Quicktime. The downloaded Clips play fine using QT Player or Preview, but when I drag the clips to IMovie to edit them for burning to a disk, there is no sound. The video plays fine in IMovie, but there is no sound. Any suggestion on how to fix this problem would be appreciated.

QuickTimeKirk I wonder if you can help. I had the same problem with no sound so I used MPEG Streamclip to convert my MPEG file. The problem is that now that I have sound, when I import my new .mov file into iMovie to edit it the movie is now distorted like super panoramic effect. They play OK however in QT with no problem.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi Steve,
After reading everybody’s responses I am feeling a little out of my depth. Being new to this I am having difficulty in understanding a lot of the information given to me and also in the information you require from me. It appears that one thing I should never do is mix film from two different cameras. I would really like to fix this one particular clip though as it holds an interview that was taken when leaving Coober Pedy and something that I don’t want to lose.
I have today done some research on the camera that took the offending video clip. It was a Samsung S85 and according to the Samsung website it uses MJPEG video format.
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Image Quality
Image Sensor
1/2.5" 8.3 Megapixel CCD
Effective Resolution
8.2 million pixels
Color Depth
24-Bit RGB
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320 x 240 @ 30 or 15 fps
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I think it is called " Video Play Through Camera ", Karsten.
Language barrier, I think.
no, it's called...
"Video eines DV-Projekts auf DV-Kamera anzeigen"
.. to be korrekt...
thanks, Sue, for correction.. indeed, I toggle between English and German interface, just to post here the correct terms.. I was sure, I remember right.. nope.. where are my pills...? the red ones.. are for the brain...

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jlplasterer wrote:
What am I doing wrong? I'm working off internal storage and 1 firewire drive. I've tried moving the clips off the internal over to the firewire storage before importing, and I've tried keeping them on the internal. All this talk of RT playback on FCP with various formats is great, but I can't get 1 stream of imported material to play back at all.
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Hello BCRC,
What make / model computer are you using?
What operating system?
What program are you using to burn the DVD's and CDs?
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#20 Using iMovie to Capture for FCP edit
Shane's Stock Answer #20:
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Suddenly my event library in iMovie 11 is empty. I have tried deleting the plist, importing clips from multiple locations (to see if they show up in the library), re-installing iMovie, and re-installing Mountain Lion. Help??

Suddenly my event library in iMovie 11 is empty. I have tried deleting the plist, importing clips from multiple locations (to see if they show up in the library), re-installing iMovie, and re-installing Mountain Lion.
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I apologize if my language is confusing. Obviously, I'm not an Apple genius-person! I hope I've provided all the information you need.
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I'm adding more information:
in Finder, my iMovie folders are all visible and accessible. When I click on a clip from iMovie Events folder, Quicktime opens and plays the clip. ALL my video is not missing - it just isn't showing up in the Event Library!
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