Can't find Imovie project on HD

I've been having a nightmare week trying to burn a DVD from Imovie.
I think a source of the problem may be that I cannot find the movie on the HD. I'm pretty sure that when it's playing in Imovie its playing from the external HD. I understand this would make it difficult to burn.
I copied the big folder (I can't find the .mov file in it!) to the HD and set the one that was in the external in the trash. Imovie said it couldn't open the file "cause it was in the trash.
I've been on the IDVD-4 thread for a few days now. I've done lots of clean-up and disc utilities repair.

The size of the iMovie project folder is not important for iDVD, only running time. On my 800MHz G4 iMac, it takes about 5 hours to compress a 60 minute DVD. So there must be something wrong with your Mac, iDVD or your iMovie project.
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The unofficial iDVD 4 FAQ:
http://www.kentidwell.com/idvd4/index.html
The unofficial iMovie FAQ:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/index.shtml
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