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I just upgraded to the new Intel Core machine and iLife 06. I opened and edited a movie first created in iMovie 5. It upgraded fine and looks fine. When I export to Quicktime (also upgraded to 7 pro) and choose Web Streaming (as I did under iMovie 5), the sound is significantly lower in quality and sounds wavy and full of reverb. I tried to match movie properties from an old movie created with this preset export in iMovie 5 but still could not get the sound right.
Anyone have any tips on how to set Expert Settings to get a similar sized movie (web streaming) but with full quality stereo sound??
Thanks!
iMac Intel Core Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Jeff,
Dan Slagle's excellent site offers some tips on this subject.
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/qt_plugins/3001.shtml
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