No sound on imported MPG clips

Hi everyone,
I just imported MPG clips taken from a digital camera into iMovie HD. Why is there no sound? What can I do to hear the sound? Thanks!

mpegs are for playback only, a delivery format, not meant to be processed in any way, audio+video are "muxxed" => woven together...
you need a 3rd party tool for conversion:
Streamclip
my usual disclaimer:
iMovie is a video edit app meant to work with firewire connected miniDV camcorders

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I am working on a project and when I import .MPG clips that I previously downloaded from my camara, they have no sound. But when I play them in Quicktime, they DO have sound. What is the problem?
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Hi Peter - the lack of sound is caused by the fact that iMovie is designed to handle DV formatted video, not MPEG. You will need to convert the clips, using this app.:
MPEG StreamClip (free):
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html

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I have used several camcorders as sources for video clips. All of the clips can be imported to my Premiere Pro CS4. The problem I am having is that the mpg files from one of the cameras, when importing the clip, the video comes through fine, but the sound does not come through at all.

Is the problem MPEG file using MPEG audio or Dolby audio format?
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No sound when importing mpg

I've imported an mpg file into Final Cut Express and it plays but there is no audio. Same thing in iMovie. I have flip 4 mac and it plays fine in quicktime, but when I import it to Final Cut Express or IMovie there is no sound. What do I need to do to get sound?

Mpeg2 movies must have their audio demuxed first.
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No sound when import mpg

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I am trying to import a pile of mpgs to make a dvd out of but when i import one at a time or all of them, I get no sound.
thanks for the help
J

iMovie is a video edit app meant to work with firewire connected miniDV camcorders
get for 20$ the Apple mpeg2 plugin in case you want to convert dvd content....
and for free the tool Streamclip for converting mp1/2/4, divx, avi, vob...
(with that combo you can NOT override copyprotection mechanisms! ... but you do know how...)
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml

I have an old project with AVCHD clips and I want to import the clips again with surround sound. How can I relink the project clips to the re-imported ones without doing the project from the begining?

I have an old project with AVCHD clips and I want to import the clips again with surround sound. How can I relink the project clips to the re-imported ones without doing the project from the begining?
I have a sony handicam and I imported the clips to iMovie and they lost quality and converted the audio to stereo. I want to import the project to final cut X and import the AVCHD in 1080p and surround sound and export the movie in bluray. Can I relink the clips without editing everything again?
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Photos that were synced from a computer are deleted by moving/removing/de-selecting them from where they were synced from and then re-syncing. If you want to remove them all then normally you could just sync an empty folder (in terms of photos) to the iPad, but as you don't want to sync at the moment you can't do that.
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------ trouble IMPORTING MPG movies -- PICTURE but no SOUND ------

Trying to import mpg movies shot using a Sony DSC T50 (a sweet little 7.2 Megapixel camera) into fcp....
The video comes across (although it seems to pick up some 'strobing' type artifacts)...but I'm unable to imort any audio with the clips...
I've tried exporting it as a qt movie using qt player, but still no audio...
Any ideas?

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Premiere CS5 import avi clips without sound. How can I import avi clips with sound without convert?

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I have the following problem, please help:
I would like to import avi clips in adobe premiere. All clips have the same avi codec. But unfortunately my adobe premiere does not import the sound of a few
avi clips. It is wired because about 10 out 70 avi clips which have all the same avi codec does not work with sound in premiere CS5. In the timline premiere import the video and audio line but there are no audio waves in the about 10 avi clips. additonally premiere plays the 10 avi clips in the source monitor without sound. Furthermore when I open the 10 avi files without adobe premiere they have sound, but with premiere there are no sound in the 10 avi clips.
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Now I show you details of 2 files:
the first video clip which you can import with sound (works):
Video:
1280 x 720
data rate: 4259 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4387 kBit / s
Single bit rate: 29 single images / second
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 63.5 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 388 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 248 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 61.4 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 1s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 1.85 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
the second video clip which you can import without sound (doesn't work with sound):
Video:
1280 x 720
data rate: 4278 kBit/s
total bitrate: 4406 kBit / s
Single bit rate: 29 single images / second
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
File size                        : 69.3 MiB
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Overall bit rate                 : 4 407 Kbps
ID                               : 0
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 4 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=3, N=15
Codec ID                         : H264
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 4 267 Kbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 4 001 Kbps
Width                            : 1 280 pixels
Height                           : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 29.970 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.154
Stream size                      : 67.1 MiB (97%)
Audio:
Bitrate: 128 kBit/s
Channels: 2 (stereo)
sampling rate: 48 kHz
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format version                   : Version 4
Format profile                   : LC
Format settings, SBR             : No
Codec ID                         : FF
Duration                         : 2mn 11s
Bit rate                         : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Stream size                      : 2.01 MiB (3%)
Alignment                        : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration             : 21 ms (0.64 video frame)
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AAC
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Hello all together,
I bought a new Sony HDR-HC7, the camera is fantastic. There is only one thing perplexing me: When importing HD-Clips into iMovie HD 6.0.3 I cannot hear the sound that was recorded by the camera. When I play the clips, I can hear sound. What could this be?
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Hi Stfan:
I guess I would try the easy things first.
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not enabled in imovie Preferences. That is
because it sends all audio through the FireWire port
and mutes it on the computer.
ake certain your video is 16-bit audio (not 12-bit).
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imovie, close imovie. Then unplug all firewire
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MacPro 2,66 - 2 GB RAM/PB G4 1,5 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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I have a strange problem with CS3 that I was not experiencing with PPro 2.0. This is on a clean install/format/OS on a new machine, XP Pro, Quad Core Pentium, 2GB ram, two 500gb sata drives. (I tested and the same problem happens on my older machine, so it's not machine-specific.)
My workflow is I have many, many short .M2T clips 1080/60i from the Canon HV20. I can import these raw clips into CS3 fine, no problems. However, with most, I use Womble MPEG2VCR to first "trim" the clips and delete some unwanted footage at the beginning and end of each clip (and to save HDD space). This does not re-encode the clips, and I save the trimmed clips to a new TS file with the .M2T extension.
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Thanks Howard.
As another experiment, I tried trimming an M2T file in Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD (their replacement for MPEG2VCR) and the trimmed clip again plays back pixellated in PPro CS3 but ok in other programs.
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Why can't I import this clip?

A posting in the other forum got 19 views but no replies. Reposting here. I have iMovie HD 6.0.2
I have a DVD disk with a 43-minute mpg clip followed by two shorter clips. All play on my TV using a DVD player. Near the end of the 43 minute clip is a scene I want to incorporate in an iMovie. The two short mpg clips import from the DVD drive without problems. But the 43-minute clip stops importing after 19 minutes and 21 seconds. (It shows the clip to be the full 43 minutes in the clip viewer under the iMovie monitor, but when sliding the playhead, the picture freezes at 19 minutes and 21 seconds.) I tried several times. It always stops at the same place. I tried a Firewire external DVD drive. Again, it stops at 19 minutes 21 seconds, about halfway through. It seems unlikely the disk itself is corrupt, because the two short clips that do import come after it. Is this a memory cache problem? Anyone got any ideas?

A wild guess: Is the iMovie project disk formatted
for PC (FAT32)?
FAT32 has a 4GB file size limit, which is a bit over
19 minutes of DV.
iMovie: How to Save Projects to Another Hard Disk
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93296
See "Important Considerations" at the bottom.
My guess is that you are almost certainly correct. The iMovie project disk is more than likely, as you say, formatted> for PC (FAT32. (It came from a cousin in Europe.) The "bit over 19 minutes" cannot possibly be a coincidence. So what do I do now? Just go to the site you suggest? Where all will be explained? I'm grateful. Of 38 views, yours was the only one that had a helpful suggestion.

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Importing mpgs takes longer than it should. I import 2 hr mpgs on a 6core 32gig ram machine & it takes too long. cs5.52

Wow. Sounds like a nice machine Steve. How long does a 2hr mpg take to import?
I just tested it out, and for me it takes about 5 min. ...which, in my opinion, is still too long, and should take no longer than it does to import something into PPro.
I understand your frustration there.
I think I mentioned before that Encore uses mp2 DVD files best. If you import things as mp2 or the DVD m2v file format, there is virtually no import time, and you do not have to transcode everything.
That said, unless there are things going on under the hood that I don't know/understand, I still agree that importing video files to timelines in Encore should take no longer than importing into Premiere. We don't need Encore to author or transcode until we're ready to export.

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