Deleted iMovie projects recovered with DataRescue II

Hello all,
I had 2 iMovie projects stored on my iPod. When the iPod failed to communicate with iTunes, I restored the iPod. When I remembered about the iMovie projects I promptly cursed and kicked the dog (no, not really).
I used Data Rescue (full version) to scan the iPod drive and recovered about 20 GB worth of movie files. The .mov files are stored in the Quicktime folder and .iMovieProj files in iMovie folder. I am not able to open the files except for 2 .mov files. I tried to import the files into a new iMovie project without luck.
So am I screwed?
Any help would be appreciated.
Imac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Airport Express

My guess is the prospects for recovery aren't good.
From reports posted here, file recovery software never seems to work well with iMovie projects. The only comments I recall seeing are similar to yours: "It's not working — what can I do?"
iMovie projects are actually folders that contain other folders and files. Unless the recovery software knows how to re-build the folder as it was before it was discarded, recovery isn't going to work. (iMovie is very particular about what goes on inside the folder.)
Your best bet is to try playing the Timeline Movie.mov that was inside the "Cache" folder of the project. It's a "smart" QuickTime reference movie, with pointers to the files that were in the project's Media folder. If all those files were recovered it's possible the reference movie can still play the project. If it does, then you could import it to a NEW iMovie project. Most likely, however, it won't be able to play everything from start to finish. If something is still missing, or the pointer is useless, the movie won't play.
Karl

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