Voiceover using FW iSight's mic

Hi guys,
I've transferred some old movies from my brother and I'd childhood into iMovie. I thought it'd be less boring to watch by adding some quips. I have a Firewire iSight alas when clicking on Voicover, no sound is recorded even though:1- iSight is selected in the Voiceover panel and 2: iSight is selected in Sys Prefs: Sound: Input. In the latter i can see the input level meter reacting to sound thus telling me the mic is ok.
Has anyone figured out why iMovie cannot connect with the iSight;s mic?
Thanx

Hello FrankMtl
I cannot duplicate your problem.
Like you, I have set my System Preferences... > Sound > Input to use my iSight's microphone as the sound input device and also have selected my iSight as the "Record From: device in the "Voiceover" window of iMovie 7.0 (iLife '08). However, Recording a voiceover works fine on my DP G5 with my external iSight.
In addition to testing the input level in my System Preferences... > Sound > Input window, I also check and adjust the level directly in iMovie's "Voiceover" window, too. Verify that you can see the record level lights flicker there when you are setting that "Input Volume:" slider.
If you have enabled FileVault on your Mac, you may not be able to record a voiceover unless you move your iMovie project files to a location outside your home folder until iMovie editing is complete.
If the above does not help and you have not quit and restarted iMovie, doing so may correct your problem. If not, restart your Mac and test again with no other AV apps running during the test. If neither restart helps, consider the following ideas.
Be sure you are verifying whether sound is recorded when you playback your movie, not merely when you move the pointer back and forth (or “skim”) over the clips.
If that is not your problem either, check your Audio Adjustments for appropriate volume or other settings that might effect your level.
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