IMovie - movies will not play on any computer other than my own

I'm using an iMac G5 running OSX 10.3 and the resultant quicktime movie generated from a movie edit will only play on my computer. They will not play on any other machine, PC, Mac - even identical iMac G5s running OSX 10.3 like mine.
I get error messages such as:
'This movie file "Fade In 02" cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly'
'Error - 128: an unknown error occurred'
The "Fade In 02" must be referring to the fading in section of my film but I have no idea why it can't be found.
Am I omitting some necessary action when creating the movie ?
Does anyone else get this problem?
Thank you
Dogton
G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.3)

Suggest that you crosspost in one of the iMovie Forums where all the iMovie users hang out. Hopefully, one of the knowledgeable users over there will see your post & help you out.
To play on a PC, change the title of the movie title "Fade In 02" to show like this--> FadeIn02.mov or use a suffix of whatever player the PC has.
See if that works.
Good luck!

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