1080p25 output on iMovie '13, 10.0.6

I have used several iMovie releases in the past year. Currently using iMovie'13.
I shoot in 1080i50. I know the new iMovie converts to 1080p25. If I "share" in high quality an MP 4 is made. Up until now I burned HD-DVD in Toast '11. The resulting BDMV file plays with quicktime and the resulting HD-DVD works fine. Now comes the problem:
I got a Blu Ray burner that I want to use. I share the movie in high quality, ergo a MP4 with 25fps (progressive). Making a Blu Ray disk image in Toast '11 results in a BDMV file that WON't play in Quick Time (Apple doesn't support BD), it will play in Roxio Player. Now I get worried, cause I do not want to end up burning multiple BD discs that will not work, :
1. If I burn the above mentioned, will it play in a Blu Ray player? I read somewhere toast does not support it, but I made the disk image, ergo?
2. if not, is there a way to export the imovie file as 1080i50, as it was shot originally
An answer would be extremely helpful

iMovie 10 should 'see' any iMovie Events and iMovie Projects folders at the root of any connected drive or in users/<username>/Movies. It looks like it does not recognise your alias to Movie HD/Users/<username>/Movies - is it a simlink or a normal alias? I would expect a simlink to work but I've not tested this. Any way, the simplest solution would be to copy or move them temporarily onto the root level of a drive where iMovie 10 will definitiely see them.
One bit of advice. A lot of people have updated a lot of events and projects all at once then complained of the lack of organistion in the resulting iMovie 10 library. You may find it better (as I did) if you hide most of your projects and events by temporarily moving them to a separate folder and just update one or two at a time, checking that everthing is OK before updating more. iMovie 10 puts a blank file with a name something like "Updated to iMovie10" in both of the iMovie 9 folders. This is a flag to prevent repeat updates and has to be removed if you want to unhide other projects and events and update them. Each update will go in a new library but you can move things between libraries afterwards.
After upgrading you can still use iMovie 9
Geoff.

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1) If you import at FULL, no pixels are lost by iM. Thus, his Canon footage could have come in perfectly.
2) "One field is DISCARDED with 1080i." Not true. IF AND ONLY IF you use a function or FX that performs scaling, ALL video is chopped to 540p.
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I consider it an essential tool for working with both MPEG Streamclip and QT Pro but if you don't use either, then I see no need to buy it.
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