Reader Anonymous Colleague is having a one - sided social occasion with iMovie . He writes :
I have the same take when I show my share ofMacworldvideos . The microphone you refer to is mono and , like yours , mine records to only one line . Although you could piece together an adapter that places audio on both channels , you could also doctor it in post . I do it this style :
After I ’ve completed my iMovie project I export it by choose Share - > iTunes , choose the Medium size option , and clicking Publish . This produce a 640×360 ( or 480 , depending on the view ratio ) .m4v file . Open that filing cabinet in QuickTime Pro and prefer File - > Export . In the Save export File As dialog box that seem choose Movie to MPEG-4 from the Export pop - up card and then click the Options clitoris .
In the leave MPEG-4 Export Setting dialog box choose Pass Through from the Video Format crop up - up menu in the Video tab . Doing this tells QuickTime to leave the original television course alone . Now flick the Audio tab . In that tab choose Mono from the Channels pop - up carte and get across OK . fall into place Save in the Save Exported File dialogue boxwood and the file will retain its original video yet now bear a mono wakeless track that plays on both channels .
Ah , but what if all the audio in your movie is stereo except what you ’ve recorded to your camcorder and you ’d like to retain the movie ’s stereophonic soundtrack ? If you follow the steps above , the entire soundtrack will be in mono . In this character , you ask to convert the camcorder textile before it leave iMovie .
you’re able to do this in iMovie by Control - clicking on a lump of video you ’ve pulled from your camcorder and opt Reveal In Finder from the contextual menu . The clip will appear in the Finder . unfold it in QuickTime Pro and press Command - J to see its property . Select Sound Track and click the Audio preferences tab . In the Channel Assignment column choose Mono for both channels from the Assignment pop - up menu and lay aside the flick . Import this saved copy into iMovie and use it rather than the master .
