IMovie HD ruined my iLife

I've been working on a project which is a combination of DV footage, archived video (from archive.org - 256kb MPEG4) and video recorded off the phone (in 3gp format). The version I'm editing is now toast thanks to iMovie HD, and the backup is not previewing, so I'm worried it's not really there.
In the latest interactions with my final cut, iMovie's apparently destroyed all of the video and audio for the whole project, turning it into an unplayable choppy mess. Even the clips which weren't operated on in the last operation are now screwed.
The project was toasted following the execution of an audio extraction on specifically selected video clips. Most of the other clips already had audio extracted previously, (painfully though without mishap). However, all audio and video is now unable to be played smoothly.
Only a few clips (< 4 mins total) were selected for this final operation which scrapped the project file.
The objective of the extraction was to be able to level up the audio from the different forms of vid, as I can visualise the audio levels on extracted audio, and not on regular video clips.
The result, not only was all of the extracted video and audio choppy, but the whole project is now corrupted, with every video frame and audio waveform unplayable within iMovie. Haven't even tried to extract it to DVD in this state. Have to present it to 250 people tomorrow on DVD. I'm less than happy.
What should I be doing? Just want to have video with level audio - should it be this hard? Should I just not be using iMovie for anything more complex than a 1 minute piece (this is 10 minutes). Hope I can recover the data.
THE BACKUP
The backup I previously took appears to be there (happily taking up 8.71 Gig of disk space anyway) and was the original form from which the working (and previously viewable) version was taken.
However, even this now, when played from my firewire backup drive at least, shows as a blank white screen with no audio whenever you try to preview it. I'm assuming that's not there either. However, this will hopefully be fixed by moving it into its original location (are file addresses not relative for iMovie HD?).
I'm hoping that I can recover a version from the original package in some way, even if it's just recovering the DV clips themselves, which still seem to be there in the package, into a professional editing program like Final Cut Pro. Hopefully a friend will be able to save the day with his copy later this eve.
THE BACK STORY
After much pain with iMovie HD on a Powerbook previously, I achieved the final cut, and even succeeded to burn a DVD. None of this was easy. iMovie bombing out when you change the resolution to try and make views bigger (tiny thumbnails you can't recognise). iMovie chugging when you try to extract audio, iDVD exporting with chapters being impossible, mysterious.
I'm getting really bad results from iMovie HD generally. Regular beach balls entertain me when doing practically anything, including navigating through the timeline.
I'm running it as installed by default on a MacBook Pro 2GHz dual core with 2 Gig of memory. Even a video editing program shouldn't have resourcing problems in this environment, but regularly hangs.

I've been working on a project which is a combination
of DV footage, archived video (from archive.org -
256kb MPEG4) and video recorded off the phone (in 3gp
format). The version I'm editing is now toast thanks
to iMovie HD, and the backup is not previewing, so
I'm worried it's not really there.
In the latest interactions with my final cut,
iMovie's apparently destroyed all of the video and
audio for the whole project, turning it into an
unplayable choppy mess. Even the clips which weren't
operated on in the last operation are now screwed.
The project was toasted following the execution of an
audio extraction on specifically selected video
clips. Most of the other clips already had audio
extracted previously, (painfully though without
mishap). However, all audio and video is now unable
to be played smoothly.
Only a few clips (< 4 mins total) were selected for
this final operation which scrapped the project
file.
The objective of the extraction was to be able to
level up the audio from the different forms of vid,
as I can visualise the audio levels on extracted
audio, and not on regular video clips.
The result, not only was all of the extracted video
and audio choppy, but the whole project is now
corrupted, with every video frame and audio waveform
unplayable within iMovie. Haven't even tried to
extract it to DVD in this state. Have to present it
to 250 people tomorrow on DVD. I'm less than happy.
What should I be doing? Just want to have video with
level audio - should it be this hard? Should I just
not be using iMovie for anything more complex than a
1 minute piece (this is 10 minutes). Hope I can
recover the data.
THE BACKUP
The backup I previously took appears to be there
(happily taking up 8.71 Gig of disk space anyway) and
was the original form from which the working (and
previously viewable) version was taken.
However, even this now, when played from my firewire
backup drive at least, shows as a blank white screen
with no audio whenever you try to preview it. I'm
assuming that's not there either. However, this will
hopefully be fixed by moving it into its original
location (are file addresses not relative for iMovie
HD?).
I'm hoping that I can recover a version from the
original package in some way, even if it's just
recovering the DV clips themselves, which still seem
to be there in the package, into a professional
editing program like Final Cut Pro. Hopefully a
friend will be able to save the day with his copy
later this eve.
THE BACK STORY
After much pain with iMovie HD on a Powerbook
previously, I achieved the final cut, and even
succeeded to burn a DVD. None of this was easy.
iMovie bombing out when you change the resolution to
try and make views bigger (tiny thumbnails you can't
recognise). iMovie chugging when you try to extract
audio, iDVD exporting with chapters being impossible,
mysterious.
I'm getting really bad results from iMovie HD
generally. Regular beach balls entertain me when
doing practically anything, including navigating
through the timeline.
I'm running it as installed by default on a MacBook
Pro 2GHz dual core with 2 Gig of memory. Even a video
editing program shouldn't have resourcing problems in
this environment, but regularly hangs.</div>
This happened to me in an earlier version.
Check to see if you have clips or audio clips with the same name... it can't handle that... good luck

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