Youtube claims my movie is too big

I have a verified account at youtube so Im allowed to upload 5GB pr video, but when I try to upload to Youtube it claims that my video is too big and it has to be below 2 GB and 15 mins.
How can I do something so iMovie can see Im allowed 5GB at youtube?
Thanks in advance

I suggest that you use SHARE/MOVIE and choose the size that you want for YouTube. Save it where you can find it.
Then use YouTube in a web browser to upload your movie. In addition to letting you upload longer than 15 minutes, you can cue up multiple movies, and you can continue editing in iMovie while they upload.

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some things don't make sense here. please clarify.
Standard DV is roughly 5 minutes per gig, so that means that you have just about 2 hours of video, ok, got that. Now it's the two track thing that gets me.
Are you saying you have 4 hours of footage, the same thing from two cameras, and you're trying to set up a multi-angle DVD?
If it's just that you used two video tracks to edit, then NO, it is not your problem. It's still only 2 hours, the video will be mixed down to one track upon export from FCP to quicktime.
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