Am I assuming you have quicktime pro? I do not see a way to save a movie as
an .avi file in the quicktime player in OSX. Did you compress the movie in
expert mode in imovie? If you did, what compression method did you use?

> 
> Message-ID: <014101c1e1c9$50967bc0$c8a05bca@slave>
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: iMovie into cross-platform CD
> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:25:28 +0800
> 
> Here's how I finally worked it out:
> 
> Original iMovie file burned to Quicktime : 77.1 MB
> 
> I next exported the same iMovie file into a Quicktime file using the "Best
> quality" settings
> and at I think 24 fps : resulting fie size is 440 MB
> Too big for me, so I exported the same iMovie file into a Quicktime file
> using "Better quality" settings and the same 24 fps : resulting file size
> 350 MB
> 
> I opened the "best quality" Quicktime file using Quicktime Player and
> converted it into
> an ".avi" file : resulting file size is 150 MB
> 
> I then opened Toast, chose ISO 9660 settings and dropped the following files
> in:
> 
>      "Better Quality" Quicktime file    350 MB
>        Avi file                                         150 MB
>       Standalone Quicktime installer      9 MB
>       Winzip Installer                            ~   2 MB
> 
> 
> I then burned the CD...
> 
> The end result was a CD that could be read both by my Mac and my PC using
> friends...
> 
> Note: Most of my frineds have older PCs and the Quicktime movies would
> streak at times.
>         The .avi files played using Quicktime / Real Player/ Windows Media
> Player
>         worked better for them. The Quicktime movies played better with my
> Mac using friends
> 
>         The best resolution was a 320 x 240 screen. Increasing the size of
> the viewing screen
>         caused pixelated images and increasing the screen size during the
> playing process
>         caused the audio and the video to lose sync
> 
> All in all, I was pleased with the work I have done. I suggest that you try
> it sometime, too...
> It was a great learning experience importing video and audio, separating
> audio tracks,
> performing transitions and titles, using fade-ins and fade-outs.
> 
> Hope this helps you guys out there make and burn your first iMovie


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