Exporting from iMovie back to camera

Still have iMovie 6.0.3 and for the first time, when exporting back to the camera, I get the sound but not the video. So, what have I failed to do. Having made about 80 movies, all of a sudden some new problems that I should be able to solve. And I have not tried iMovie 11 yet.
Gerry

Bengt Wärleby wrote:
Hi
You should not need to convert to QuickTime.
I do not use the Share/Export to iDVD function within iMovie - it forces iMovie to render (not good)
I do -
• close iMovie
• open iDVD
• either find the movie project icon (with a Star on it) and just drag and drop it into
iDVD project/menu window. OR Rather from within iDVD IMPORT the iMovie project
(still same with a Star)
This put's it in place - drag and drop can land it in a button area - will not work.
NOW - iDVD will render it and so much better.
Yours Bengt W
But say i have an imovie project with content up to 1 hour 57 minutes total> dont I have to go to idvd if i am going to change aspect ration to 4:3 and choose rendering quality?
When you just drop it into the idvd menu are you asked which template to use?,
and how does it actually render it better?
Many of my movies are a mix of HD and SD due to timeline type of movies spanning years, so up to 2 hours of imovie content, and i do 4:3 ratio because of people that watch dont have 16:9 T.V's, and then i select say best quality or performance so that i know it can fit on one SD disc?
The way you describe are you asked the same questions inside iDVD?
and if so or not, how does the video actually get rendered " better" in iDVD?
OH ALSO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REASONS to export imovie project back to camcorder?
i have never tried this, and would like to know some of the reasons? thanks again again
thanks so much, very interested in upping my movie quality
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