Quicktime clip has no audio on iMovie

Hi. I downloaded a short video clip on limewire, then dragged that clip from my limewire folder onto iMovie. The clip transferred alright, but when i play it on iMovie, there's no sound.
Any suggestions?

Hi Mole - your video will be in MPEG format which iMovie is not really designed for. It will have to be converted to DV format in order to function properly and include audio. See here for some info on what that conversion entails.
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
There are also many threads on this topic in the forum archive, so a search will turn up plenty of discussion!:

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