Making a iMovie file loop

I have a short iMovie file that I made from a series of pictures that I want to play continually as a display during a party. I can get the file to play continuosly when I export it to quicktime and set quicktime to look it. But I am playing it through AppleTV units onto a large screen TV and when I play it this way it only plays once and then stops. Is there any way to keep it looping after exporting from quicktime into iTunes

This is a preference set in Acrobat not the file:
Check the Loop after last page check box.

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Bottom line: Making distinction between video editor project files and formats of exports.
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The iPod touch and iPad typically offer video files H.264.mov or H.264.mp4 formats. This is not a Mac versus Windows matter because we are talking exports (.mov and .mp4) not project files from a video editing project.
He should be able to take his iPod or iPad device videos and edit them in Premiere Elements. And, then he should be able to return them to his device(s).
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simondg wrote:
... They are using iMovie06, would upgrading to 08 help?
welcome Simon to the  boards ...
definitely NOT.. iM08 has a very different file management concerning projects.. it offers a Library of ALL (=tons of gigs) imports ever ('Events'), and keeps Projects and Events in different locations; to delocate those makes the use of socalled SymLinks neccessairy...
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