large iMovie file...stuck with it. HELP!

Export it from iMovie on that machine and burn the file to CD ... then burn to DVD using a newer machine ...

... or ...

... get an external drive to copy it to.

 

Or export it in Imovie, and put it on a 10 $ 8 gb USB stick, works on everything with a usb port (even on a flatscreen , if yiou save it in the right format)

 

If the Mac you have now has Firewire (or the Windows based PC with the help of MacDrive), use Target Disk Mode to copy the file.

If the Mac you have (or Windows based PC) has an Ethernet port, use an Ethernet cable to copy the file, just enable file sharing in System Preferences > Sharing on the PowerBook.

 

A CD can hold 700MB (some can hold 800MB), a Single Layer DVD can hold 4.7GB, a Dual Layer DVD can hold 8.5GB.
What about the options I mentioned?

 

Either look at the sides for one of the ports shown below or look at System Profiler > Hardware > Firewire. But that PB will have Firewire 400.
But there is also the Ethernet option. You could use the Ethernet cable you may use between your computer and the router or the Ethernet cable you use between the router and the modem.
Btw, what OS do you use on your computer, the one you want to transfer the file to?

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What kind of internet connection do you have and how fast is you upload speed (www.speedtest.net can be used to test it)?

I once had to upload a big file (4GB) in chunks to a file sharing service to get it to another person.


Or you could use Handbrake to make a .mp4(m4v file, which will be loads smaller. You need to find a PPC version of Handbrake though, and it might take a night (my 2004 iBook took 15 hours for a two hour movie using two passes).

 

You haven't tried uploading it to my FTP site yet.

 

It's a 16Gig file, so I don't think either of those will work.

Your best bet is probably to export from iMovie to Quicktime. It gives you various Quality options that will result in different file sizes, so you can choose one that will fit on a CD or onto a USB stick.

If you have Handbrake, you could do the export at Full Quality. This will result in a file of more or less the same size, but you could then compress it in Handbrake using the h264 option already mentioned to reduce it's size.

You say the file is 16gig. How long is the movie? iMovie movies usually run at about 12gig per hour and you say that it's only a few pictures and 3 songs. That sounds like it could be a lot less than an hour, in which case you've probably got some stuff in iMovie's trash. Empty that and it should reduce the file size.