Can't Export please help

Question

I am having a lot of trouble exporting my final project; I need to export it to a DV tape (North America), and each time i try it comes out slow and choppy on the camera, and always gets frozen on the same image while audio runs till the end. I followed the iMovie help, exporting it to quicktime in a DV format, but how do i get this final quicktime movie onto a DV tape? And is there anything i need to change with frame rates to improve tape quality?
Thank you

Answer 1

Hi to all of you with export to cmcorder problems!
I, too, have had difficulty getting my iMovie to DV camcorder. Sometimes, everything works well, but if my movie is over 60min and I need to change the DV tape in the camera, I cannot get the export to 'Share selected clips' properly.
I have resorted to exporting to QT movie and then reimporting that movie into a new iMovie. If I need to just export the second half, I split the new QT movie into two parts at the place I want to begin recording the second portion. I then move the first part to the clips pane where it will not interfere with my exporting.
(If you choose to go this route but need more free space, you can delete the original movie once you are sure that the QT plays ok).
So far, this process has worked fine.
I think there is a 'bugginess' about iMovie 5 and its versions with the new updates of QT 7. I have never seen such jerkiness, stuttering of video and freezing on video frames. The playhead jumps over my transitions to the next frame or five, as if there is nothing in between. I can only see my transitions if I manually drag the playhead along over them. Thus,I have been unable to view my movies in iMovie after it gets up to over 1 hr. I NEVER had this problem before the QT and iMovie upgrades.
I have found that my subsequent DVDs look great and have no jerkiness. I save all my DVD projects as disc images and preview them in that form before burning. No problems.
I am looking forward to iMovie 6 to address these problems.
I have FCE HD, but have gotten so used to iMovie that I find it quicker for the movies->DVDs that I am doing right now.
I will probably change to FCE at a later time.
My point is that all the suggested 'fixes' don't always work, and until the app is updated and is BETTER, we all just have to try all the suggestions and keep posting so that we can all learn together.