Project Archive won't playback on iMovie HD

Hi,
I made a backup project on dvd using "Burn a project to disk" ( file size 4GB ). When I tried to open this in iMovie HD, I got the message "The project could not be opened, because the disk is full, the project is locked, or the folder permissions are incorrect." Obviously the disk isn't full ( I tested it again using afile size of 100MB - same message ). I used Disk Utility to "verify disk" - passed. "Verify disk permissions" was greyed out. Any ideas?

Hi Lauren,
You cannot open the project directly from the DVD. You need to copy the archived project from the DVD back onto your hard drive, and open from there.

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