Old iMovie Project Comes Out Choppy on New iMovie

A couple of years ago, I asked on this forum the best setting to export an iMovie project in HD and to burn in a Bluray format on a DVD. I got a good answer and it worked. After picking up iMovie'11 I dug up that old project, rendered it and burned it under the same settings as before. This time, the movie came out a choppy. The settings I used, which I noted so I would not forget are:
mpeg-4
file format MP4
H.264 data rate 18000 kbits/sec
image size 1920x1080HD
frame rate 29.97
keyframe 24
multi-pass
streaming not enabled
I can go into to the settings I use on Toast but I can see the difference in the resulting video even before burning it to DVD.
Also the file size of the resulting video is bigger than the old file size. (When I couldn't get the same quality I went digging for the old video connected to the old project and found it. But I want to make sure I can duplicate the nice video for future videos which is why I'm writing on this forum.) The old video size in 1.04 gig. While the new video (same project and same export settings) comes out at 1.26 gig.
I must be doing something wrong. But whatever I do--change the settings or try different exports like .mov--the choppiness is still there. I can't seem to duplicate the smoothness of that old movie. Again, I'm exporting the project using the same settings as before.
My main goal is to be able to create a 1080 movie that runs smooth like movies should. I've done it before. Why is it so hard now? How do I fix it?
Any suggestions?

Yes it is choppy in the QT player as well. And when I say choppy I mean not as smooth as my old movie nor as smooth as when I connect my camera directly to the TV via HDMI cable. It's most noticeable when things are moving fast. It's as if a few frames were pulled out. For example, there's one scene where I'm filming outside the car window. A light pole zooms by. There is an illusion of movement because the pole flashes several times from left to right causing the look of movement. In the new movie, picture only the pole flashing half as much so that the pole moving across the screen looks like a choppy movement instead of a smooth one. Does that help?
It's so odd. I continue to play with the parameters to try and find the difference and I am becoming more convinced it's the software.

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