Exported iMovie doesn't run

The problem occurs when I compose an iMovie (Version 6.0.3) on my computer(G4,OS X 10.4.11) hard disk and then move it to an external hard disk (My Book, 1 TB). Although the clips on the movie track and the clip board on the EHD appear exactly as they did before export, the movie does not run properly or at all. These are different situations that I've observed. In some cases, I can click on a scroll bar and after a period that appears like it's rendering (?), the image will jump to that point. In other cases, I can manually slide the slider along the track and the movie follows. In some cases, the slider moves on its own, but no movie ever appears. In some cases, when a clip is in the movie track, it won't appear on the screen when selected, but will if I return it to the clip board. It still won't run. If I convert the movie into Quick Time before exporting from the computer to the EHD, it usually works fine. Some problems may be due to the fact that after a trasfer I erroneously clicked the option that warned me to do so would upgrade the movie and it could not run on the original version of iMovie. But the effects described, also occur when making new iMovies. I have plenty of memory on the EHD. Short movie clips imported from the Internet usually work fine. Help!

Since I don't know how to edit my original question, I am adding this. If the start button is OFF, when the slider is moved manually, the picture follows. When the start button is ON, the picture only jumps to a point where one clicks on the slide bar after a moment of "rendering" (the colored ball rotates).

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