Client says iMoive HD edited footage is no good?

Hi Everyone.
I just edited some Sony HDV footage from a Sony HDR-FX1 camera to iMovie
(5.0.2) then "shared" it back to the camera on a HDV tape. The footage looks great to me, and on the Cine monitor.
However, when I sent the footage to a client, they say the footage cannot be edited or used.
I am guessing here that the Apple iMovie HD formating changed the original format when I edited it, making the footage only workable and editiable in an similar Apple format, e.g., iMovie?
I am correct in guessing the only way to save such footage for use in other HDV systems is to use another editing program, like Final Cut Pro and save it as raw footage?
Thanks:
Chance

The HDV camera's video is transcoded (converted) to the Apple Intermediate Codec as it is imported from the camera. The iMovie project edits the video in that format, then reconverts it back when exporting to the camera. The video format saved to tape should be the same as was imported from the camera.
However, if the client doesn't use HD editing software -- Apple's software or someone else's -- they won't be able to work with video imported from an HDV camera. Not even iMovie HD can import HDV video in a non-HDV iMovie project.
So it's not a matter of whether the client is using Apple hardware. It's whether the client is using HD-capable software.
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