Exporting iMovie6 to WMV file

Hello,
I have a almost 4 minute iMovie. When I try and export it to a .wmv, it only saves/compresses 30 seconds of it. I have tried using the default settings, and at least one setting under the three different category types and I get the same results. I'm trying to send this video overseas and they aren't able to open a .mov or .mg4 formats. These people are strictly old version Windows users.
My next step is to upgrade iMovie to see if the newer versions could help.
Any information or suggestions are appreciated. Thank you!

This piece of important information used to be easy to find:
http://www.telestream.net/telestream-support/flip4mac-wmv/faq.htm#17
*"Why is my WMV file only 30 seconds long?"*
I found it because I already knew about the limitation.

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