Movie freezes on the .mov file

Sorry if this problem has been addressed before, but I didn't see it in the first 10 pages or so of the discussions.
I have iMovie HD 5.0. I created an iMovie project, using a combination of photos and .mov files. The file played well in iMovie, and I was even able to burn the project to a DVD with iDVD. However, when I try to play the DVD, either on my DVD player for TV, or the one on my computer, the movie freezes and won't go any farther when it gets to the first .mov file. The only thing I can do is stop the DVD at that point.
The .mov files I'm using were done with my digital camera, which can take both still shots and small video clips.
I thought this was a simple process, because I've been successful before. The difference this time, however, is that I'm using .mov files from my digital camera instead of .avi files from the digital video camera. I suspect the issue lies with the .mov files, but don't know how to fix it. Help!
Kristen

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Yes, a 1 G movie is way too big for a web site. How did you create the movie? Have you looked into ways to reduce it's size. Quicktime Player can reduce a movie's size to meet several criteria as shown in the File->Export for Web settings window:
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That can reduce it somewhat. If you bring the movie into iMovie you can export it to a MobileMe gallery in multiple sizes to fit the viewer's internet connection speed and device.
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The resulting gallery can be inserted into a web page using iFrame code and an HTML snippet as in this demo page: Adding a MMe Gallery from iMovie 09. This is predicated on you having a MobileMe account where you're hosting the site.
A way to add the movie to a page and have the page load fully without having to have the movie load are demonstrated here:
Opening Item in a New, Precisely Sized Window
QT Movies via Export for Web in QT Player
Still another alternative would be to convert the movie to flash and use that. Flash conversions are generally much smaller than Quicktime files. You can learn more about that at:
http://roddymckay.com/VisualMedia/FlashVideo.html
http://iwebfaq.org/site/iWeb_Movies.html
The bottom line is: 1 GB is way too large.
OT

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