# Problem with sound in Quicktime/iMovie

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 16, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-sound-in-quicktime-imovie/250730 "2004-06-16T20:37:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-sound-in-quicktime-imovie/250730/1 "2004-06-16T20:37:52Z")

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I have a Sony digital camera that can record little .mpg video files. I’m trying to import them into iMovie to play around with, but I’m having a problem with the sound. First, iMovie won’t import the native .mpg file, so I’m exporting them from Quicktime as a .mov file. But it isn’t exporting the sound along with the video. And the thing is happening when I try to import any other movie type into iMovie, the video shows up fine but there’s no sound. What am I missing (other than expensive video-editing software)?