Compressor-failed mpeg4-quicktime error -50

My much loved Compressor software has been having issues since a crash a few months ago, resulting in a system back up.
Now, somehow I'm able to compress MPEG 2 files but I cannot compress MPEG 4 files.
The attempt immediately fails in batch monitor window and reveals the error message: quicktime erroe -50.
Does anyone have an idea why this might be happening and how I could fix it?
Thank you,
sean

The latest version of QuickTime is 7.0.2 and you'll also want to update to the latest Pro Apps support package (link follows for Mac OS X 10.4.X):
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/proapplicationsupport30macosx104.html
You may already be up to date and even if not this may not solve your problem, but it would be a first step before trying other things.

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i already did the Hidding part and later moved the events and projects to the FCP events and projects folder . I still cannot share - keep getting this message "THE SHARE OPERATION 1080P FOR APPLE DEVICES (10 MBPS) HAS FAILED. Quicktime Error -50
I dont know what else to do to be able to share my project - I know i updated FCPX before i shared this project but i dont know what im doing wrong

masterpieces wrote:
later moved the events and projects to the FCP events and projects folder .
Can you explain in detail what you did?
Do any other shsre destinations complete? If not, do you get the same error message?

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Hi all,
Finished editing a short movie.
Then went to share on vimeo but got this message - see also screenshot when I tried to export to desktop.
Problem when exporting to Vimeo I get message "The share operation has failed. Quicktime error: -50" The file only gets to 8%.
Have tried deleting my render files for the project and also another fix mentioned of deleting any black space files on the edit itself but neither work?
Just upgraded to OS Mavericks could this be causing it? If so how to downgrade?
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Thanks for your help both, I called Apple tech support and spoke to a really helpful chap called Andrea who helped me out. Now got my Master file sorted and am trying Vimeo upload again.
Just to clarify points for people out there with the same issue:
First steps
- Ensure background rendering is turned off in preferences
- Delete project and events render files
- If upgraded to Mavericks then go to FCPX in finder under applications hit buttons 'CMD' and 'I' together and tick the 'prevent App Nap' box.
Next Steps
I had already done all of this when Apple Tech spoke to me so we discussed the message 'Quicktime -50' and what it meant. It wasnt a purely generic error message but was not detailed enough to point to one specific issue. This problem had occurred in previous years (so Mavericks not wholly to blame) and patches were issued over the years by Apple to help resolve some of the problems.
The message essentially is indicating that there is a problem somewhere with the media in some way shape or form.
My export went to 8% then failed. Apple's answer was that the project settings were corrupted in some way.
So what they suggested (so simple I could kick myself) was to select all the media files by 'CMD + A' then copy them 'CMD + C' then create and open a new project timeline, and then paste in 'CMD + V'.
Then we tried export again this time to a master file with some settings detailed by Apple.
The difference now was it got to 40% then failed but due to a different reason 'error -1 frame 10124 error'
At last we get past the project issues and into the event media issues, it seems that when I loaded the compact flash last night, the iMac kept ejecting the reader so had to copy files over quickly and seems that some of the file clip I used although showed on the viewer, didn't seem to have loaded all the correct media, so selecting this clip frame 10124 on the viewer I found that it showed as red on the frame row which implied an issue. So I simply bladed it off and deleted it.
Then I reran the export to Master file and it worked, though jumping from 40% to 100% complete was a shock to me!
Now am trying the export to Vimeo - hope this helps some of you out there. Worst case pick up the phone to Apple and speak to the Final Cut Pro guys they can help.
best wishes,
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HI All
This morning I wake up with this new thing.
Im using FCP 5.1.1 and a 15minutes DV Pal sequence, already converted in the past. This morning I've tried to re-encode the sequence using DVD 90 min. High quality and I've got this new message : Quicktime error:0
According to Apple , this erro coul appear just in HD sequences with less 1Gb ram. In my case, I've got 1.5Gb RAM and a 720x576 PAL DVcam format.
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preProcess for job target: file://localhost/Users/draennajackson/Desktop/Subtle%20Seduction%20copy-Subtle%2 0Seduction-MPEG-2%205.0Mbps%201-pass%2016:9.m2v
done preProcess for job target: file://localhost/Users/draennajackson/Desktop/Subtle%20Seduction%20copy-Subtle%2 0Seduction-MPEG-2%205.0Mbps%201-pass%2016:9.m2v
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MPEG-2 Encoder Settings (v533)
Stream Type: MPEG-2 Video Elementary
Frame Dimensions: 720x480
Frame Rate: 29.970030 progressive, pulldown from 23.976025
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Video Format: NTSC / SMPTE 170M
GOP Pattern: 12/3 closed IBB
Rate Control: 1-pass VBR 5000000 bps target, 7500000 bps max
Motion Estimation: l2orig+l0mbloop+smoothing+pnofieldbnofield
Search Range: 16x16
RD Optimization: none
Flags: 0x2
Visual Masking: on
Intra DC Precision: 8-bit
Quant Scale Mode: auto
Intra VLC Mode: auto
Coef Scan Mode: auto
Quant Matrix: 1
Segment Type: last
I-Frame Markers: { 72 153 230 254 267 332 419 486 543 705 775 1020 1091 1122 1286 1422 1547 1652 1877 1878 2012 2157 2300 2447 2588 2729 2867 3010 3172 3315 3448 3583 3598 3601 3999 4192 4261 4330 4362 4411 4520 4557 4700 4751 4865 5407 5526 6565 7900 8027 9490 9815 10191 10368 11344 11368 11373 11467 11667 11811 11905 12137 12215 12249 12405 12652 12715 12867 12948 13018 13126 13371 13629 14068 14384 14431 14458 14500 14558 14583 14584 14624 14704 14883 14993 15258 15859 16282 16374 16449 16581 17367 17748 17931 18308 18410 18603 18740 18971 18986 19109 19206 19288 19452 19506 19633 19665 19724 19756 19776 19855 19926 19947 19962 19999 20107 20121 20161 20214 20258 20310 20388 20427 20595 21390 21465 22787 22923 23261 23346 23464 23607 23650 23702 23734 23801 23854 23896 24334 24823 24891 25058 25336 25374 25660 25808 25922 25994 26218 26356 26566 26897 27251 27275 27298 29592 30449 30624 30748 30757 30797 30894 30969 31026 31224 31327 31657 32128 32223 32252 32304 32968 34594 34618 34631 34921 35036 35391 35666 35798 35885 36047 36153 36174 36195 36361 36413 36454 36504 36652 36681 36733 36819 36934 37200 37271 37379 37555 37714 38064 38077 38133 38222 38412 38524 39131 39359 40409 41697 41772 42122 42275 42449 42558 43093 43459 44079 44504 44798 44971 45195 45897 46021 46325 46811 46960 47006 47048 47117 47150 47364 47470 47494 47593 47676 48149 48227 48393 48541 48585 48867 48919 49003 49057 49080 49721 49906 50053 50138 50204 50247 50315 50361 50395 50453 50526 50622 50810 50874 51026 51102 52421 52921 53008 53837 54980 58924 59336 59405 59599 59649 59680 59800 60401 60719 62652 62929 63134 63295 63528 63555 63562 63678 63947 64004 64192 64238 64269 64454 64475 64527 64699 64727 64808 64916 65042 65145 65245 65346 65540 66199 66699 66753 66786 66818 66890 66979 67005 67035 67107 67157 67270 67331 67380 67427 67526 67875 68021 68055 68119 68273 68340 68474 68489 68526 68569 69037 69096 69236 69348 69498 69576 69778 69957 70042 70251 70322 70491 70567 70895 71173 72050 72242 72414 72480 72573 73052 73082 73126 73170 73343 73545 73624 73653 73838 73896 74115 74329 74416 74545 74626 75068 75138 75440 75547 76454 76676 77144 78279 78352 78527 78652 78682 78744 78800 78884 78922 79131 79224 79604 79646 79730 79799 79881 79926 79938 80069 80079 80197 80271 80490 82350 82711 85151 85259 85516 86681 88456 88493 88523 89855 89975 90417 90436 90523 90678 90864 90976 91030 91134 91203 91247 91526 91670 91847 91910 91952 92307 92472 92724 92790 92856 92973 93146 93278 93394 93507 93517 93678 94030 94062 94072 94282 94391 94466 94569 94915 95134 95192 95234 95375 95458 95489 95521 95534 95547 95773 95900 95944 95971 96072 96254 96342 96442 96648 96761 97067 97168 97237 97442 98704 98833 99003 99514 99772 100143 100336 100659 100797 100921 101084 101433 101675 102283 102361 102406 103586 104868 105119 105194 105809 107615 108732 108893 110129 110865 111881 112259 112384 112495 112535 112612 112625 112668 112809 113175 113262 114276 114674 114986 115080 115414 115485 115499 116898 117247 117532 117659 117783 117852 117924 117936 117951 118428 118589 118696 118959 119030 119163 119300 119319 119452 119467 119477 119587 119716 119815 120007 120118 120229 120340 120354 120407 120451 120495 120532 120562 120596 120634 120680 120711 120743 120792 120864 120899 120950 120989 121031 121064 121113 121149 121187 121232 121290 121366 121426 121498 121546 121654 121698 121736 121792 121868 121896 121944 121986 122056 122117 122158 122246 122290 122366 122414 122484 }
Total retries = 33 (1.78%)
Done _processRequest for job target: file://localhost/Users/draennajackson/Desktop/Subtle%20Seduction%20copy-Subtle%2 0Seduction-MPEG-2%205.0Mbps%201-pass%2016:9.m2v
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