Old quicktime movies don't play, missing "fade in" file

Question

When I try and open a quicktime movie that I created in imovie it tells me, it can't play movie because it's missing "fade in 04 file".
It makes me try and locate it but I can't find it.

Answer 1

How would you suggest saving project files for make DVDs later?
Usually the easiest is to simply keep the iMovie project. Buying an external hard disk helps make that possible.
Another method is to export back to the camera, then re-import the tape as needed. That will preserve most clips as clips. You won't be able to edit things like titles, however.
If the project will fit an a DVD, then burning the project directly to a DVD as a data file -- not going through iDVD -- lets you archive it in its original condition. When you want to use it again, you'll drag it back to your hard disk.
Exporting to a Full Quality movie works, but you lose the ability to edit the video without re-importing it to iMovie, and you lose the "clip-ness" of clips. It's an option to consider if it saves a lot of disk space, where the timeline movie is a lot shorter than the project audio and video. If the project doesn't use a lot of the video you imported, then exporting to a Full Quality movie may save considerable disk space.
Karl