HELP! QT file deteriorates around halfway when exporting for web

I have an iMovie project that I have regularly exported to DVDs or other quicktime files: only when I export "for the web" this file (a 1G file that gets compressed to about 18MB for the web) deteriorates, starts to blur as if losing sync with the codec. When I work in iMovie the file is perfect, when I tried to export it into one (or two) small .mov it deteriorates. I tried everything, including re-exporting to a new original and re-importing, splitting the file in shorter segments etc. At a specific point in the movie, it just falls apart.
I was wondering if any of you had some suggestion.

You could try duplicating the iMovie project, replacing the video clip which plays at the point that the movie deteriorates with -anything else- and then export again to see if the problem is related specifically to that one video clip.
If not, then perhaps trying the export from another user account or on another computer would help determine if settings or software versions are an issue.
If it is the one particular clip, try converting that clip to some other format prior to importing to iMovie and then exporting again ?

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Message was edited by: David M Brewer

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