Scratchy sound when playing a .mov file in QuickTime

I just got a new camcorder (Insignia NS-DV1080P) and took a video that is about 33 minutes long. I uploaded it to my mac, into iphoto, and when I try and play it in QuickTime, the picture is great, but it is very scratchy sounding. When I plug the camcorder directly into my tv, the sound is fine. When I play it back from the camcorder, the sound is fine. Please help with what I am doing wrong and how I can fix this.

What I have always done is to add a Build In of Start Movie automatically after transition. Then add a Build Out of Stop Movie and adjust the delay to fit the timing of the movie. There are two problems with this technique.
First, the delay can only go up to 60 seconds. So if you have a longer movie, you need to add a shape, set the fill and line to none and then add build ins and build outs (or actions) to equal the time needed to fit the length of the movie. For example, if you have a 3 minute movie, you can set the build out for 60 seconds, but then need to add 2 minutes worth of other actions to fill the time, so the build out happens at the end of the movie.
The other problem is that if your movie is exactly 96 seconds and you have 96 seconds of builds, it might not still quite end right at the same time. There seems to be a bit of difference in the time from the movie and the builds. So you might have to play with the delays a little to get it to work just right.
Hope that helps.

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