Some home movies buffer too long

I just created 2 movies in 720p and added to iTunes library. One plays fine, but the other starts, but waits forever at teh initial scene. It shows the first image, but freezes with the waiting symbol while it appears to be buffering (Blue thermbar slowly extends in silver).
I had this issue with 1080 movies, but realized it's probably converting to 720 before it can start play.
But why would it do this when the movie is already in 720 ?
I created the movies from 1080 source footage with iMovie '11. First movie was created with the Export command and the second one with the Share to iTunes command. Both appear to create the exact same output - .MOV file with H.264/AAC video/audio encoding, 10K bitstream, and 1280x720 resolution.

The videos with the problem are generally the much larger ones - about 30 minutes in length. I realized later there is a Streaming Fast-start setting in Quicktime Conversion export, but no such setting for any other export method.

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Do you want to create a video DVD that will plan on a TV set via a DVD player or just burn the video files to a data DVD disk for storage?
If the former the read the following:
If iDVD was not preinstalled on your Mac you'll have to obtain it by purchasing a copy of the iLife 09 disk from a 3rd party retailier like Amazon.com: ilife 09: Softwareor eBay.com. Why, because iDVD (and iWeb) was discontinued by Apple over a year ago.
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Currently the only sure fire way to get all themes is to start with the iLife 09 disc:
This shows the iDVD contents in the iLife 09 disc via Pacifist:
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Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
However, there are video DVD authoring apps that are available at the App Store that will create a video DVD disk. They won't be as extensive as iDVD but can create a simple video DVD.
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