Compressing an iMovie to 320 x 240

I have made some iMovies and would like to put them on YouTube. The iMovie compression for web streaming seems to be fixed at 240 x 170, but YouTube says that the ideal size is 320 x 240. Is there a way to do this in iMovie 5.0?

Is there a way to do this in iMovie 5.0?
sure.
and in iM6 (you've posted in the iM6 section...)
choose share
choose Quicktime
choose expert settings
hit export/share
/new window/
under "video" choose a compressor (for youtube I recommend mp4 => more compatible),
hit options
/new window/
under video
choose size....

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