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Render DV from iMovie first - otherwise, sound problems
Authored by: drdarrow on Dec 29, '03 04:24:05PM
--[There's actually no need to do the first export from iMovie. When you save the iMovie project, a QuickTime movie with the same title is saved alongside the iMovie project file and the Media folder]--

My experience has shown me that the .MOV created by iMovie does not retain volume adjustments -- it plays cuts and tracks at full volume, and doesn't play all iMovie tracks. If you want a .mov file that "honors" all your editing and multiple audio tracks, you have to render a Full DV file first.

I have been playng with DV recording of TV shows, etc., using iMovie, my DV Cam's A/V to DV pass-through option, and my VCR acting as a tuner. Later I use iMovie to edit the DV clips on my hard drive, eliminating commericals, etc.

With a simple set of sequential clips, minus commercials, I have been able to successfully make VCDs in Toast, using only the iMovie-saved simple /mov file (no need to render a Full DV file), but found that if I faded in/out, or in any way manipulated levels of audio using the Edit Volume feature in iMovie 3.03, these audio effects were ignored in the VCD-burn in Toast.

I always have success in Toast when I use a rendered DV file instead, made from INSIDE iMovie.

It seems iMovie, Quicktime Player and iDVD3 all "honor" iMovie volume edits and additonal tracks without rendering, but other programs and some Export options do NOT honor such extras.

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