IMovie 3,4 and 5 drops frames

Hi Boffs,
iMovie was dropping frames while importing from my Canon DV. Did the filevault thing, unplugged all the other firewire items, no change. My ibook 1.2 Ghz G4 running 10.3.5 was fine though, and if I import on the laptop, burn a CD of the (very small) iMovie file and try to play it on the G3, it still drops frames. Am I simply a victim of slower processor speeds? Surely other people on here have used iMovie on a G3? There is no improvement for other versions of iMovie (well at least 3 & 5)
Thanks if you can help
Tim

OK, you have two problems, one cosmetic and one serious.
The cosmetic problem is playback on the 450Mhz. It doesn't affect the quality of the video itself.
The serious problem is exporting back to tape on the 450MHz. This can be avoided by taking the external FW disk to the iBook.
Your iMac should be able to handle iMovie 4:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93598
You are above the minimum specs.
Are you running anything else but iMovie? Playing music in iTunes? Your Fax app waiting for incoming faxes? iPhoto running? Surfing the web?
How about a little housekeeping?
Prevent Mac Disasters
Eight Simple Steps You Can Take Now to Keep Your Mac from Falling Apart
http://www.macworld.com/2005/01/features/preventmacdisasters/index.php
(Article is in 3 parts, don't miss parts 2 and 3)

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