Importing quick time files to iMovie08-- problems

for some reason i can only import a few of my quicktime clips into iMovie 08 on my 17 inch MACBOOKPRO-- also my MACBOOK cannot read some earlier iMovie folders on myinternal and external drives.... any ideas, or solutions would be greatly appreciated

Stephen
QuickTime comes in many shapes and sizes and not all work with FCE.
Files from a DVD are multiplexed.
They will need to be de-multiplexed before FCE can use them.
Search this forum for demuxing.
Al

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Here's my workflow: I captured HD 1440X1080 footage in Final Cut Pro. FCP creates a folder of Quick Time Files in a Scratch Folder. A month ago, I had no problem importing the Quick Time files into IMOVIE HD 6 and preserving the widescreen format.
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iDVD does everything automatically for you. With DVDSP and Compressor, all steps must be done correctly. The trade off is that you achieve better quality using Compressor over iDVD.
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2. Determine your optimal bitrate by using a bitrate calculator. Here's a good one. Remember you need to account for all video on the disc, including motion menus.
http://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm
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Message was edited by: Girshon Rutstein

First of all thank you all you guys for your help! Secondly Apple webmasters should fix the problem with solve and helpful buttons. It gives an error.
iMovie has no problem to read this file.
Yes Final Cut Pro is a sensitive tool. This is not the first time I am running into this kind of issues. Last week I created a particle Illusion effect as HD mov file
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