The movie could not be exported because an error occurred. (-2009)

I am using imovie 11 and have spent days creating and editing home movies but when trying to eport I keep getting this very frustrating error. I have read many blogs but still no one has a proper soloution....please help as this is very frustrating...

Okay, I'm going to ask some questions to find out a bit more information. I was scouring the Discussion Boards for -2009 errors and found quite a few.
Question #1: Do you have a LOT (18-20 hours) of clips sitting in one single Event folder in your Event Library right now?
Question #2: Did you import any video clips that you converted from a program like HandBrake to get stuff into MP4 format?
Question #3: Have you lost the audio playback on any of your video clips in the Events folder or in the Projects folder at this time? Has your mac frozen up and crashed or hung while you were working in iMovie forcing you to restart?
The solution for Question 1 is to trying splitting your giant single Event folder into smaller folders. Create New Event and start dragging everything in. Split it up as best you can (I think 2-3 hours in one Event folder is a good start). Quit iMovie. Open it back up and let it optimize. Go back to your Project and try to export.
The solution for Question 2 is, go back to HandBrake and check the settings/preferences and make sure you look for a checkbox or other setting that makes reference to Chapter Markers. You do NOT want chapter markers anywhere in the clips you import into an Event Folder in iMovie
Finally Question #3 requires a good bit more trouble-shooting and hunting around. It really means that the Events and Projects Libraries are in a corrupted state. You might be able to fix this by dragging things into new folder, duplicating Projects into new Projects, etc. This may fix things but it will be time consuming and tedious.

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