Syncronization off from clips to timeline viewer

I have made a movie with video & stills mixed. Somewhere along the line I noticed the the scrubber bar is perfectly in sync with the clips viewer but is almost a clip ahead of the timeline viewer. I have noticed a section at the end is blank as well but it has no media, either video or audio. Does anyone have any idea where I went wrong? Any help you could give would be appreciated
iMac Dual Core Mac OS X (10.4.8) iMovieHD 6.0.3

Hi Carol:
You can change the Letterboxing in the preference of iMovie:
Import/ automatic conversion from pillarbox to letterbox - you need to un-check it.
To keep from waiting for it to Letterbox, change the settings to DV Widescreen when you open a new project -If you do record in 16:9 aspect ratio.
Sue

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Welcome to the forum!
The image is imported and the movie looks correct when played, but in the
clip (or timeline) view below all imported clips are just black.
Very strange.
To make sure we understand what you see... The imported image plays okay on the timeline after it's imported, but its thumbnail in the timeline is black. Instead of the thumbnail showing the imported image, the thumbnail is black. Correct?
Does the imported clip play black too?
The only thing I can think of that makes a clip play black is when the Ken Burns Effect is set to pan above/below the image or left/right of the image. Then, instead of importing the image, Ken Burns imports the black border along one side of the image.
To unset the pan so Ken Burns is centered over the image, do this:
1. Click on any image in the iPhoto library.
2. Turn ON the Ken Burns checkbox.
3. Click in the "Start" half of the Start/End thingy.
4. Drag the zoom slider (the slider with the small/large face profile) a bit to the right, then all the way to the left.
5. Click on the "End" half of the thingy and repeat #4.
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Does anyone know why I get a message such as "this may take a while" when i attempt to drag a clip from the clips pane to the timeline viewer?" It does take a looooong time. I don't remember this happening in earlier iMovie versions.
Sometimes it also starts to "letterbox" when i do the same thing. And you can't stop these actions.
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Hi Carol:
You can change the Letterboxing in the preference of iMovie:
Import/ automatic conversion from pillarbox to letterbox - you need to un-check it.
To keep from waiting for it to Letterbox, change the settings to DV Widescreen when you open a new project -If you do record in 16:9 aspect ratio.
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I was hoping someone might know a fix for this:
After I mark in/mark out and create a clip (command+U) and move the clip to one of my bins, if I load that clip in the viewer and pull it to the timeline the audio is 2 seconds delayed. However if I load the source video in the viewer and mark in/ mark out and pull the source reference to the timeline the audio is fine.
This error just popped up out of no where. It is affecting all saved projects and new projects.
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Howdy Sparkytastic,
It sounds like all of a sudden the audio from your video clips is delayed in all of your projects. I would recommend taking a look at these steps specifically from the following article:
Final Cut Express: Troubleshooting Basics
Check compatibility and driver versions for third-party devices
If you're using a third-party storage system, input device, or something else, check the support area on the manufacturer's website to be sure that you're using the latest version of the relevant driver or other software for your device, if necessary. To see if your video device has been qualified for use with Final Cut Express, review: Final Cut Express: Camcorder support.
Delete the User Preferences
You can resolve many issues by restoring Final Cut Express back to its original settings. This will not impact your project files, but you should verify your Scratch Disk location setting after doing this. To reset your Final Cut Express user preference settings to their original state, do the following:
In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Preferences
Note: The tilde (~) represents your Home folder.
Remove the "com.apple.finalcutexpress.plist" file from the Preferences folder.
Remove the "Final Cut Express User Data" folder from the Preferences folder.
Final Cut Express
Another approach you might consider is reinstalling Final Cut Express. To do this effectively, you need to remove the application then install Final Cut Express and use Software Update to install additional updates. You don't have to remove everything that was installed with Final Cut Express. Follow the steps below to completely reinstall a fresh copy of Final Cut Express.
Note: Make sure that you have your installation discs handy before starting this.
On Mac OS X v10.5
Open the Applications folder. Drag the Final Cut Express application to the Trash.
Go to /Library/Receipts.
In the Receipts folder, select the FinalCutExpress.pkg file.
Choose View > as List to view the contents in a list.
Click the Date Modified column header so you can easily see all of the receipts that were installed at the same time as Final Cut Express.
Drag the FinalCutExpress.pkg receipt to the Trash, as well as any other items that have the same modification date within 3 minutes of the FinalCutExpress.pkg's modification date.
Click the Name column header to sort the list alphabetically.
Drag any other receipts whose names begin with "Final Cut Express" to the Trash.
Insert your Final Cut Express installation disc and install Final Cut Express.
When finished, choose Software Update from the Apple () menu to update your software to the latest version.
On Mac OS X v10.6
Open the Applications folder. Drag the Final Cut Express application to the Trash.
Insert your Final Cut Express installation disc and install FInal Cut Express.
When finished, choose Software Update from the Apple () menu to update your software to the latest version.
For further information on settings or installation, please refer to the Final Cut Express documentation available on your installation discs.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

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Here's what I mean. Take a look at the picture here:
http://img190.imageshack.us/i/picture3vzo.png/
Basically, when I move that yellow box, it doesn't trim the whole clip. I actually don't even know what it's doing when I'm moving the yellow handles. How do I get it so that it does?
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OK You are half way there. When you are highlighting with a yellow box and manipulating the handles, you are making a Selection.
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I'm have a problem with my mouse pointer dropping the clips in the timeline before I release the right button on my mouse.
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I will lean them with time, it was just frustrating when all of a sudden nothing works. My compressor went nuts at the same time.
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> MacBook Pro (Intel). So am using trial version of DW CS3
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