Jerky movement with some audio

I have an iMovie that I imported a song into. Thee are other songs in there. When it gets to this song all transitions and Ken Burns effect pictures become very jerky. I tried the same section with different music and it was smooth. I have tried different variations but it is always jerky with this song. Any ideas?
Thanks
iMac Mac OS X (10.3.9)

What is the source of this song, where did it originate from?
One quick and dirty fix (without going thru the troubleshooting list and investigating this & that)
Just create an Audio CD with the song, after the CD has been burned you can import the song track into your iMovie project from the CD. Whole process should take about 5 - 10 mins.
Post back and let us know if this resolved the jerky playback.

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I've been trying to understand the problem I'm having with some audio files of my website, but to no avail. Some audio file are not loaded up with Quicktime, and only show a question mark with a blue "Q" around it.
In other words, would any of you be able to help me find out why the audio files in the following pages do not work:
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http://sharon.barnea.free.fr/SharonBARNEA/Music/Entries/2007/9/16_Schubert_Piano_Sonata_in_E%2C_D_157_ii.Andante.html
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http://sharon.barnea.free.fr/SharonBARNEA/Music/Entries/2004/6/8_Bach-Feinberg_Largo_from_Trio_Sonata_in_C_major%2C _BWV529.html
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You are giving viewers the full title on your web page.
You could cut your files names like < Beethovens_Piano_Concerto_no._2_in_B-flat_major%2C_op._19_-_i._Allegro_conbrio.html >
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