Enough Disk Space Exporting to Quicktime once...now NOT. Why?

Attempted to export my video to Quicktime...and the first time no problem except that when I was working with iDVD, saw that I had titled my chapter markers too large as they were running into each other and overlapping. So, I went back over my video project...edited and changed my chapters to single words...and when I tried to export to Quicktime again about 30 some minutes into the process the message came to screen saying I did not have enough disk space.
So...I saved my video to an external drive as a back up (to be safe)...then reopened the original video project file from my system's hard drive saved in my "Movies."
Using the hard drive icon on my desktop I then deleted two files saved there, which included a copy I had made as well...(by deleting, thinking I'd make available perhaps disk space). I then re-saved my project with a new name to my system so that the project was saved only once. Note- a couple weeks ago in preparing for this project, I transferred whatever other completed saved movie projects, Quicktimes and so forth to my external drive, and deleted existing files on my system's hard drive. I have therefore only one other three minute video project and Quicktime in my "Movies" folder.
Okay...so I then emptied my trash (thinking that might open disk space) ...and once more tried to export this video to Quicktime. Again, the message not enough disk space came up.
Again, remember...the FIRST time I attempted to export the project to Quicktime it DID succeed to go thru the entire process, and showed up in my media content of iDVD. I also had exported it at the higher Quality setting in "Safe" mode.
Thus I presume my original video fell within the allotted disk space or it wouldn't have made it to iDVD to begin with. Why do you suppose after making my edits to chapter titles, now...there is supposedly not enough disk space when exporting?
thanks

I realize I may have erred (not knowing 'til reading in the manual later...that not setting a high enough disk space size at the time of capture may cause this problem). I may I suppose have to redo the entire video, and figure out how settings are supposed to be changed.
Let's say I was a dummy and didn't first assign disk space to the project like I should have...(something I'll have to learn how to do) ...I would still like to know why the entire process first succeeded to export to Quicktime at my higher quality settings? Why DID it export...why DID it work, and not now?
Why DID it first have enough disk space apparently such that working in iDVD the completed video was available...but I would have had to burn it with problems in chapter titles.
I know disk space was unaffected by chapter markers. I fixed chapter markers because in iDVD they were too long and overlapped. It wasn't until AFTER that fix trying to export again...the video suddenly was out of disk space.
My video is 90 minutes in length. A teaching instructional video. Where do I locate size and available space on my drive? Isn't that shown at the start of making the video? I have looked.
The drive is my internal drive of my Mac 10.4.3 an intel duo core...2 GB

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