Imovie not responding after trying to import big file.

I have been attempting to import a large file onto imovie, and just before the file is finished and says that it will be imported in "under a minute" It will say that imovie is not responding. I've tryed restarting my macbook, and trying again with the same result. This is frustrating because I have uploaded a lot of home videos in which I need to edit and get onto dvd. please help!

I have been attempting to import a large file onto imovie
How do you define 'large'? iMovie is designed to handle DV streams running at 13GB per hour!
What is the source of those files? What kind of files are they?
How would you be able to find out how much space you have free?
That really is pretty basic stuff. Every time you open a new Finder window it will tell you at the bottom of the window!
You don't say what Mac you have, and why are you still on 10.4.10 instead of updating to 10.4.11?
For iMovie to work at its best you need at least 20GB of free space.

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