IMovie Project too Large posting to Youtube

My Youtube account is approved for more than 15 minutes and greater than 20GB, yet iMovie tells me It's too large, and that it needs to be under 15 mins and under 2GB. Is this a restriction with iMovie?
Dave

Hi y'all,
I am having a simlar issue with iMovie for iPad.
My files are way to big to export.
The fileis is 2.4GB and I can only export 500MB to Vimeo.
It's 63 mins and I can only export 15 mins to youtube!
I recorded a video diary and have clipped the file/project in the original project/timeline in to day recordings. I have been unable to find a way to export those individual clips (day recordings) in to separate folders. I was hoping I could export individual clips in to sepearate folders then export them.
I hope this makes sense?
If it does please let me know if this possible with imovie for iPad?
Thank you!

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What no break for a beer or an ice cream???
Ha Ha! It takes about twice as long to make the iMovies as it does to view them! Of course I took many breaks as I was putting each one together! No beer, though, I am more the chocolate break type (It doesn't matter what form the chocolate is in...candy, ice cream, cookies)
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