Updating old projects problem

Dear All,
I've recently opened a project made on an older edition of iMovie, not an ancient one (Probably iMovie 5, I'm not at my mac right now). As I now have HD (6 I think, or whatever the most recent upgrade is) it said that it would convert it. It did so rather strangely in as much as there's now a black band over the bottom third of the screen. So it's kind of no good. I tried with a copy of another year old proiject and it did the same.
What are my options here? Can I reinstall iMovie 5 and have it on a seprate disc or something to open dpecific old problems? Or is there a way to get round this (I suspect familiar) fault?
Many thanks
Dan

Hi Tony
New problem to me. I would check up the version-mixes of:
- Mac OS + iMovie + MOST OF ALL QuickTime !!!
Mac OS X.3.9 + iMovie 5.0.2 + QT 6.5.2 = A very good mix
Mac OS X.4.8 + iM 6.0.3 + QT 7.1.3 = Also a working combination.
I would open the iMovie project (the icon) and check that the imported video
files are OK and then:
- delete iMovie pref file
- Run Repair Permissions (Apple Disk Util tool)
- Start a new iMovie project - close it
- and move the media files - manually into this - then restart and move in the
content in the trash-basket to the shelf or TimeLine.
Test and see if it is OK this way.
Yours Bengt W

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