Can't publish iMovie project through Media Browser

I have a project in iMovie that I share in Media Browser, goes through the whole process (4 hours) then I get an error message "unable to prepare project for publishing. The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred." This has happened twice, error code 50 the first time, then error code 34. I can't find any documentation of what these error codes mean. I have an iMovie project I want to burn onto DVD, so am wanting to access it through iDVD. Any help is appreciated!

Never mind. I finally found another discussion that addressed this problem. Thanks for looking!

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    Hi
    I do
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    Hi
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    • Camera
    • External hard disk
    • USB-memory
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    Hi
    Error -50 paramErr  Error in user parameter list
    Can there be any external hard disks - if so How is/are it/they formatted ? Must be Mac OS Extended (hfs) if used for Video.
    UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - works for most but not for VIDEO.
    What this means in Your situation is above me.
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    Video codec
    • streamingDV, AIC etc. (not .avi, .mp4, .m4v, .wmv etc as they are containers not codecs)
    Pictures
    • in what format ? .jpg, .bmp, .tif, else ?
    Audio
    • from where/what format ? iTunes, .avi, .mp3, .aiff, else ?
    The "com.apple.iMovie.plist" file
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    from Luke Burns
    I fixed the problem.. but it was very, very strange. I had a very long section for credits and set the line spacing to 1.0.. for some reason this caused it. I removed it, and it worked fine. I put it back, and I couldn't preview or play the video.
    I don't know why that could cause that big of a problem, but it did..
    Klaus1
    You need more free space on your hard drive.
    jonorparkerjon
    After phone support from apple I ended up creating a new project and adding all 117 clips back in individually till I found out what clips flagged and would not allow me to export. I had 3 I deleted and replaced and everything works now 1hr after tedious work....
    Where do Your material come from
    • Camera
    • External hard disk
    • USB-memory
    And all are connected so that iMovie can find it ?
    Yours Bengt W

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