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Posted by Larry Johnson on 03/24/06 11:13
I really wish I could help you. I really do. I have absolutely no
constructive input here. However, I am confused! You did say you are using
a Mac, right? Right, you did. Hmmm.... what puzzles me is why this could be
happening to you. For years upon years I have heard how Mac's are the
absolute best at absolutely everything having to do with graphics and video.
Easy to use, never a problem, works like a charm, cooks my breakfast, waxes
my car and even tucks me in at night.
I must be you. Surely there isn't anything wrong with the system!!
<cmashieldscapting@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1143194940.149247.223130@z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Okay, so I've been trying for three months to edit a short sequence in
> iMovie 3.0.3 on a Mac G4 using OS 10.4.5 and burn it to DVD--a project
> over which Murphy has not only prevailed, but which may have broken
> whole new records in Murphydom.
>
> I've edited several songs into sort of music videos using this method:
>
> "Retaining the audio under pasted video
> You can paste a new video clip over an existing clip while retaining
> the audio from the original clip. You can use this feature to paste
> related scenes over a narration, for example.
>
> Before you try this, make sure "Extract audio in paste over" is
> selected in iMovie preferences. (Choose iMovie > Preferences.)
>
> To replace a length of video with new video:
>
> 1 Select the video that you want to insert.
> 2 Choose Edit > Cut or Copy.
> 3 Position the playhead at the first frame to be replaced, or use the
> crop markers to select the video frames to replace. The new length of
> video replaces an equal length of video.
> 4 Choose Advanced > "Paste Over at Playhead."
> The audio track of the original video is retained and appears in audio
> track 1 of the timeline viewer.
>
> If you use the crop markers and the video you paste is longer than the
> selected frame range you are replacing, the excess video is not pasted.
> If the video you paste is shorter than the selected frame range, the
> extra space is filled with a black clip (or the still image, if you
> paste a still image)."
>
> I've been back and forth between the Clips Pane and the Clips Viewer so
> many times I've lost all hope of possibly keeping them straight and
> will refer to them as the "Upper Clips Thingy" (where video is
> imported) and the "Lower Clips Thingy" (the alternate view to the
> timeline.)
>
> On the first song, as I recall, this method worked fine. The pasted-in
> sequences showed up, silent, as they were meant to. On the second
> song, the audio was extracted and I deleted it, which eliminated
> overlapping audio. In a few cases on the second song, I transferred a
> sequence from the Upper Clips Thingy to the Lower Clips Thingy,
> extracted the audio, deleted it, and pasted in the silent sequence and
> that stayed fine--without its own sound returning, and retained the
> audio in the original sequence which I wanted.
>
> When I went to edit the third song, NOTHING WORKED! The first time I
> tried using the method above. The audio was retained in the clip (not
> extracted--never showed up in the audio track in the timeline--just
> stayed, creating overlapping sound.) I tried extracting the audio from
> the whole sequence, then pasting in the silent picture. STILL
> overlapping sound! I tried a number of things, including reimporting
> the whole sequence twice and making copies to put in the Upper Clips
> Thingy before TOUCHING the copy in the Lower Clips Thingy, meaning I
> had to re-edit a place I already had perfect about five times! When I
> tried playing the problem spot on a copy I knew I'd done NOTHING to,
> the phantom audio was STILL THERE!
>
> "Then I became intelligent." (Don't get excited, just momentarily.
> Not enough to do lasting good.) I dragged that sequence from the Lower
> Clips Thingy BACK to the Upper Clips Thingy and played it. Sure
> enough, no overlapping audio! The audio glitch was in the place where
> the original error occurred--perhaps compounded by doing over several
> times, hard to tell.
>
> Of course, unchecking the box in the lower audio track removed the
> phantom audio--unfortunately, it also removed audio in a whole lot of
> sequences I want to keep, so I had to recheck it. I again tried the
> instructions above and got the video in the right place, and this time
> it did extract the audio, but doesn't give the "Unlock Audio Clip"
> option, so I can't get rid of the unwanted audio that came with the
> video. At least I can see it, unlike its companion(s), which I can
> hear and not see. They are just STUCK THERE in the place where the
> original error occurred, meaning that even when I move this sequence to
> earlier in the timeline, that will fix it, but whatever gets pushed
> into that spot in its place gets stuck with the weird audio!
>
> 1. How can I at least activate the "Unlock Audio Clip" option to
> remove the audio I do see? Selecting the clip does nothing
> whatsoever--the option doesn't even show up on the menu!
>
> 2. Is there any way I can remove the unwanted phantom audio I don't
> see and retain the audio I want?
>
> Anyone who can help with this may save my sanity, and I do thank you
> for that.
>
> If THE WORST COMES TO THE ABSOLUTE WORST, I may have to be instructed
> how to transfer the huge mass of clips I do want to keep to a WHOLE NEW
> iMOVIE PROJECT, then delete the original project! To compound things,
> if it's to be deleted I want to give it another name and put the
> original name on the new project, and I can't figure out how to retitle
> an iMovie project, if that's even possible! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!
> Thanks again.
>
> Cori
>
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