Slooooowww......

[Inkwolf]

I'm new at this, so please take it easy if I ask something stupid.

I've been working on an AMV, and noticed that the zippy pop song I was using seemed to be dragging. I thought at first it was just because I was overexposed to it after all the editing, but I listened to the video and the CD at the same time...and the song on CD was a full line ahead of the video by the last verse. Tried it on the faster computer at work with the same result, so it's not just my old Mac. Tried it with a couple of different formats, too.

Any ideas what I can do to get my video back up to speed?

[Kionon]

I'm new at this, so please take it easy if I ask something stupid.

I've been working on an AMV, and noticed that the zippy pop song I was using seemed to be dragging. I thought at first it was just because I was overexposed to it after all the editing, but I listened to the video and the CD at the same time...and the song on CD was a full line ahead of the video by the last verse. Tried it on the faster computer at work with the same result, so it's not just my old Mac. Tried it with a couple of different formats, too.

Any ideas what I can do to get my video back up to speed?

I need to know these things:

What type of mac?
What editing suite?
Are editing with an mp3?

[Inkwolf]

The Mac is a 733mhz Quicksilver g4

The editing suite is iMovie 3

The audio file is .aif

[RIPmyprsoul]

The Mac is a 733mhz Quicksilver g4

The editing suite is iMovie 3

The audio file is .aif

Try converting it to another format, like a .wav, then reconvert it back to an .aiff though you might a teensy bit of quality loss.

[Inkwolf]

Tried, but no change.

I thought the movie was slowing it down, but now I see that the original audio files are slower than the CD as well, and I'm beginning to think that maybe it's actually that my portable CD player is fast.

Guess this should have been an audio question...next time, I may speed up my song in Audacity BEFORE adding clips.

Anyway, I did update Quicktime, and to iMovie 4 today, and the movie plays a lot more evenly now. That's something at least.

Thanks for your help!