Problem publishing iMovie 09 projects to Youtube

Hi, everyone.
I've had my MacBook for a little over a year and I've been using iMovie 09 for a few months. I've had a few minor issues (the screen briefly becoming grey and black and pixel-y when trying to use the "full screen" play-back feature) but nothing major.
Now, the last two times I've uploaded my completed projects to youtube, the audio is messed up. The audio from some clips will come through when it isn't supposed to. I deleted the videos from youtube and removed them from youtube through iMovie, and then re-uploaded them, but it is doing the same thing.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? If so, is there a way to fix it? It is incredibly frustrating.

Steve's book is worthwhile: He does go over how to do this. Here is the link that steve didn't mention
http://home.mindspring.com/~d-v-c/
I recommend to others and they thanked me....
But Steve, I didn't say media only because when you share to media...you can't drag and drop the file. That's why i have been sharing to itunes and then dragging the file to a USB stick for bringing over to another imac that is synched with my appleTV.
But he is right--- it is share export quicktime. HOWEVER, its not that easy. There are specific parameters to follow to get the best results. Steve's book goes through that....

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