Finder File Structure of iMovie 08

Is there any documentation on the Finder file structure that iMovie 08 uses for Events and Projects?
While trying to move files to an external hard drive because the start-up disk was getting full, my father messed up his iMovie 08 files. I recombined all of them back into one Movie Events folder and one Movie Projects folder (both within one Movies folder), but when viewed in iMovie 08, some events are out of date order, plus a few other issues.

Joe Seidler wrote:
Is there any documentation on the Finder file structure that iMovie 08 uses for Events and Projects? ..
Apple is a lil' shy in publishing details ..
probably, as a registered Apple Developer, in the Developer boards and papers you'll find some.
transferring Events and Projects OUTSIDE iM08 is never a good idea.. there're some internal links, which get broken..
probably, my advice here..
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/im08changeeventdate
and
*Project Library (and Events) on External Harddrive*
http://karsten.schluter.googlepages.com/im08tricks
can give you some advice.. hints.
but, me no programmer nor engineer.. advice is based on trial and error, not know-how

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