IMovie consistently crashes when editing or when playing back in storyboard

Have uploaded a 12 hour video from a Canon GL2 to iMovie 08 directly to a Lacie external drive. There were no issues uploading. There were no issues selecting clips and moving them into the storyboard. The problems started when the editing process started. I switched the screens, moving the storyboard to the lower part of the screen. After perhaps three editing moves, the playback head would freeze, and the program would crash. When I relaunched, none of the edits were saved. And when I try playing back the storyboard, the system would crash again. I am reduced to making no more than three edits and then quiting the program so I won't lose the edits. So, you can imagine how long it will take me to edit. Any others with the same problem? Solutions? If I reinstall the program, will I lose anything? If I reinstall iMovie 06, will I still be able to edit this movie even though about a third of it has already been edited in 08?

The most likely issue is the codec that your program is using the create your video. It's apparently not compatible with Premiere Elements.
This often happens also when people try to record their on-screen video with FRAPS.
You'll see lots of discussions on this issue in the Premiere Pro forum. However, it's even more pronounced in Premiere Elements, which is designed to work almost exclusively with camcorder video.
Some video programs are a little more versatile with this type of video. Some people have found Corell's Video Studio better at handling these non-traditonal formats.
But I did a Google search on Dxtory editing and couldn't find any information on it.
Sorry I can't offer a solution. But I can pretty much assure you that Premiere Elements isn't it. sorry.

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