IMovie Full Quality

Hi
I've ben playing around with a few video clips of some friends of mine at some parties, i've put them together and put music to it and titles and it plays really well when I share it and select for CD-ROM but when I select Full Quality the picture freezes part way through! Does anybody have any ideas why it might be doing this or how I can fix it?
Thanks

Hi OK
Then there is sufficient space
And no external hard disk that interferes.
Then I would try to delete the iMovie pref file
iMovie
-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie.plist
and
-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie3.plist
and see if a new export will work
(to make this easy one might just start a new account (log-in) and use this and re-try)
- other thoughts:
• versions: Mac OS X.4.9 and iMovie 6.0.3 AND QT ????? 7.1.6 ?
• Running (Apple Disk Util tool): Repair permissions and Repair hard disk
might help (second one needs start from CD/DVD or external hard disk)
Yours Bengt W

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Then there is sufficient space
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Then I would try to delete the iMovie pref file
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-->/Users/YourName**/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iMovie.plist
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b) Now if I simply try to drag that .mov file into the iDVD pane as you suggest, is that identical to what I have done in a) - in that we're operating with the same basic animal. Of so
c) I should try the process of exporting to .dv, reimporting to new imovie, redoing chapter markers and THEN dragging the package .mov to the iDVD pane - hoping that chapter markers are preserved.
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