Blank Video When Posting to .Mac or Exporting to Quicktime

I'm using AVI from a Flip Video camcorder. The video imports fine to iMovie and I can edit it. However when I try to send it to .mac or export it to quicktime the video doesn't show up. The opening credits, the music I added, and even the sound from the video can be heard. Also you can see the flashes for the fade through white transition, but the video screen is black otherwise. Am I doing something simple wrong? Is there something wrong with the source video? I've reinstalled iMovie. Help.

Am I doing something simple wrong? Is there something wrong with the source video?
If the source video compression format is either Apple Animation or Apple Video, then it is normal and yes, there is something wrong with the source video. Basically, this is a bug dating back to the original release of the application. For some reasone, both of these two compression formats will import and edit normally but edit with a "black" display and a total data rate little more than that required for the audio. Which is the cause and which is the effect has yet to be determined. Simplest solution is to convert your files to another compression format (like DV, AIC, M-JPEG, PHOTO JPEG, MPEG-4 or H.264) before import. Unfortunately, you will then have to re-import and re-edit the entire project.

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