Converting from imovie to quicktime

In the FAQ section of the apple imovie website, they tell you what versions of quicktime are necessary to view movies made in the "share" file for "share for the web" and "share for e-mail" settings. But I am looking to find out what version of Quicktime is necessary for the advanced settings 'high speed' sharing to quicktime movies. I am specifically looking for the medium size. So, my question is, when converting to a quicktime movie and using the advanced options, what quicktime version is necessary to view the medium broadband conversion?
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

What you want to avoid is a conversion that uses H.264 video codecs because it requires QuickTime 7 be installed on the viewers machine.
Only H.264 requires a newer QT Player be installed.
Use the "custom" export settings and avoid H.264 video and your "shares" should be fine for most users.

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I can't find a chaptered reference movie from the movies I have created.Not sure if this means you found the proper folder and it was empty or if it means you didn't know how to open the project package files. Not knowing your level of experience, will assume the latter for the moment.
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Anyway, the camera only came with a Windows disk. Per the manufacturer, it doesn't need mac drivers, and the windows drivers are only for the web cam function (which i don't use.)
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I didn''t convert SD to HD.
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