Voice recording problem i iMovie

I have a problem with voice comments in i Movie. It worked. Then it suddenly doesn't. The recording seems to work. But when I play it afterwords there is no sound. The strange thing is that I have managed it, in the same movie. So when I play the first part there is a sound, and when I come to the latter part there isn't a sound. Without me changing anything. What can be wrong?

This muted voiceover problem has been reported on a number of occasions in the forum. I think it was also a problem for some users of iMovie '09.
Try this - In Finder, locate your project in your Home folder Movies > iMovie Projects (or at the top level folders in an external drive). Right-click (or Control-click) on the project name and select Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu. In the package you should see your voiceovers - they will be named Voiceover Recording.caf (probably with a number in the name).
Copy then Paste the voiceovers to your Desktop. Open them separately in QuickTime Player then export using "File > Export To > iTunes". The files will be converted to a different format, depending on your iTunes import settings (mine convert to AAC format). Once converted they will appear in your iTunes Library.
Now you can drag the voiceovers to the project timeline from the iTunes section of iMovie's Music Browser. Hopefully, the voiceovers will now play correctly.
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