Trouble with sound

Hey-
I'm trying to import video (MPEG format) into iMovie HD, but when I do, it loses all sound. I've tried the troubleshooting tips within the program and none have worked. THe sound works when I play the video in Quicktime, so I have no idea what the problem is. Does anyone have any thoughts? Thanks.

Welcome to iMovie Discussions.
All this - and a great deal more - is explained in Dan's excellent "Unofficial iMovie FAQ", here: http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
[..NOTE that besides transferring MPEG clips via Image Capture, which Dan mentions, iPhoto will now normally import these kind of clips, too.]
iMovie will correctly play - with sound - some MPEG-4 files, but perhaps you've got MPEG-2 files, instead.

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