Converting imovie to Quicktime Full Quality DV

I'm trying to convert a movie into a full Quality DV, and I keep getting a message that I need to register my music that I have attached to the movie. When I do that and it evetually converts, I'm not getting the music I added to the movie. I've been able to do this in the past, but I think the updated version of itunes is now not letting me do this. Can someone help me out?

Have you tried burning a playlist of your music to CD in iTunes, and then importing that CD to use in iMovie? That used to be a way to improve the compatibility of some music tracks.
John

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