Imovie Format converisionn

I need to convert the standard MEPG4 movie format into a WMV or MOV format to upload to a web site - how do I do this within the I movie platform?

Use SHARE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME...
In the Dialog Box
Choose Movie to QuickTime Movie.
Click options.
Under video options, choose H.264 for compression.

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Hi,
I am in the process of finishing up a large DVD project. I went on a six month backpacking trip, and have lots of photos/small clips to make a DVD from. I will have a main menu in iDVD with submenus for each country (Mexico, Cook Islands, NZ, Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, India)
On each submenu will be around 4-5 movies of around 2-5 minutes each.
I created movies using iMovie (imported sound-less iPhoto slideshows 640x480 expored as MOV file) and added captions, music etc in iMovie. Each 'movie' is about 1-5 minutes long.
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What is the best format to export these movies in? I will be adding them to iDVD. But when I export them, they are around 100-700Mb each depending on time of the movie. I used the expert settings (to Quicktime Mov) using the following settings:
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Quality: Best
Frame Rate: 60
key frame rate: 24
Dimensions: 720x526 4:3
audio:
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Stereo
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Now, big question is:
Do I have a total of 2 hours for everything? All menus,and all movies ? Is there ANY way of calculating this in iDVD or do I have to do it manually (estimate) ???
I notice with iDVD 8.0 it has a indicator of the space available etc. I have iDVD 6.0 so that doesn't help me now I guess?
What I need to ask is that - maybe using expert settings to mov files is unnecessary? What would you recommend as the export settings?
I have been working on the iMovie projects for months and can re-export them all in different format if need be, and can simply re-add the movies to iDVD. I have set up the shell of the DVD in iDVD but not added the movies yet (I have the placeholders there for them).
Anyway - hopefully I haven't blabbed on too much that someone out there can offer some advice?
Cheers and THANK YOU!
Alessandro

Best Performance: For projects up to one hour
Best Quality: For projects up to two hours
If your project is longer than one hour, you have to use Best Quality. Generally, the quality will be fine but the closer your get to that two hour limit, the more possibility you have of seeing some quality hits.
I deal with lots of long projects and generally if a project is longer than 90 minutes (specially since my projects have lots of fast motion, low light, etc) I split them up over two DVDs, keeping each under the one hour limit. That does give you your best quality option

What does it mean when your imovie formatting process stops due to "not enough room in heap zone /"? Thanks.

I am trying to make an imovie from 369 slides I scanned to my computer. I have the slides in order with titles and music attached. The next step was formatting it before burning to the DVD. About 2 hours into the formatting process, it stopped with a message that said "error" and "not enough room in heap zone /" I don't know what the heap zone is and what to do next. Thanks for any help.

I am asking the moderators of the forum to move this discussion to the iMovie forum for fastest assistance with this question. Good luck

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I have made three videos of OLD family films and need to be able to burn copies to give as Christmas gifts that will play on standard DVD players and I do not know how to save as a format other than one that only plays in iTunes, etc.
Please let me know if you can help me as I need to produce these discs before next weekend as my family will meet for Thanksgiving to do their Christmas!

Going direct to iDVD works if your source event is DV or AIC. If you start with something else you need to use the Media Browser. Many people feel that the Media Browser h.264 copies give better results than DV directly, but you should test this for yourself and see what works for you.
For example, if you are doing a slide show from iPhoto jpegs, you will not have the option of going directly to iDVD.
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I purchased a website from seriftemplates.com (urban light) and they said I need to convert my video format to MV4 or OGG. Does iMovie come in any of these formats?
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Can anyone give me any tips on how to go about this please?
Regards,
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Hi Guy's,
Thanks for those last 2 comments.
Please see below what is in the manual for what the the website requires:
You can host your own videos with the Urban template! Upload videos to your server and display them through the custom video player.
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We’ve used jPlayer an HTML5 and jQuery player, this means your videos will be accessible on virtually all devices.
Adding your Video
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ogv: "http://www.jplayer.org/video/ogv/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer.ogv",
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Greetings. Needing help changing the format of video footage to either MPEG OR .MOV. PLZ HELP!

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Hi jug... - welcome to the forum!
Frustrating problem I know - something here may help:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=43000
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/vt3/10228
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?forumID=858&threadID=231694
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=263662&tstart=0
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Others call this the GarageBand fix. Opening GB also resets the Audio MIDI Setup.”
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