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iMovie adding Echo to my Mp4 Quicktime Files

Hey all, I constantly use iMovie and have edited hundreds of videos in the past couple years that are Mp4 files, but yesterday I imported a video and iMovie was causing the audio to have a weird echo effect that I couldn't get rid of. When I play the mp4 in Quicktime it sounds great, but the issue occurs when I import the video to iMovie. These clips are from a recording on Obs, but I did not mess with any audio settings in that program. Also, I downloaded another editing software (Filmora) and when I imported my clip in that program there was NO echo effect which further makes me think it is an iMovie issue. I even put the clip into handbrake to see if there was a double audio track but there was just the single audio track as there should be. Any guidance, as I'm quite stumped as to why this would have changed randomly! Thanks!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jul 7, 2020 7:19 PM

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Posted on Jul 7, 2020 8:19 PM

Sometimes re-encoding can cure audio problems. Not all Mp4 files work well in iMovie. iMovie likes H.264, Mp4/AAC. Use Handbrake to re-encode a sample clip to H.264, Mp4/AAC, even if the clip is already in that format. Now see if the echo is gone.


-- Rich

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