Error compiling movie. I/O Error.

Hello.
Im not sure if i should have posted in the hardware section.
I have done some reaserch on this problem but haven't really got the solution.
It doesnt matter what format i export it always gives me this error. With h264 and some else, its a bit different too.
- Source File: C:\Users\SEMPER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Untitled_1.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\Kristjan\Desktop\Sequence 01.mp4
- Preset Used: YouTube KW
- Video: NTSC, 480x360, 30 [fps], Progressive
- Audio: AAC, 64 [kbps], 48 kHz, Stereo
- Bitrate: VBR, 1 Pass, Target 1,55, Max 2,29 [Mbps]
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
3.12.2009 0:53:45 : Encoding Failed
Cannot open "C:\Users\Kristjan\Desktop\Sequence 01.mp4" file for writing. Please check the output filename and file permissions (if it already exists) and then try again.
- Source File: C:\Users\SEMPER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Untitled_2.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\Kristjan\Desktop\Sequence 01.avi
- Preset Used: NTSC DV
- Video: 720x480, 29.97 [fps], Lower, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
3.12.2009 0:54:47 : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
I/O Error.
- Source File: C:\Users\SEMPER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Untitled_3.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\Kristjan\Desktop\Sequence 01.avi
- Preset Used: NTSC DV
- Video: 720x480, 29.97 [fps], Lower, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
3.12.2009 0:58:04 : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
I/O Error.
- Source File: C:\Users\SEMPER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Untitled_4.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\Kristjan\Desktop\Sequence 01.avi
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: 720x480, 25 [fps], Progressive, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:00:00
3.12.2009 1:08:37 : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
I/O Error.
- Source File: C:\Users\SEMPER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\Chemistry, Copper_6.prproj
- Output File: C:\Users\Kristjan\Desktop\Youtube.avi
- Preset Used: Custom
- Video: 720x480, 25 [fps], Progressive, Quality 100
- Audio: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 16 bit
- Bitrate:
- Encoding Time: 00:00:01
3.12.2009 1:28:42 : Encoding Failed
Error compiling movie.
There are alot of errors about my hard drive in the event viewer aswell. I have 2 hard drives.
The device, \Device\Harddisk1\DR1, has a bad block.
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\DR2.
even my cd rom has a bad block, The device, \Device\CdRom0, has a bad block.
I defrag my drives regulary.
My PC ,I use the "system information" option that win 7 has :
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SEMPERFI-PC
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 2997 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0503, 14.07.2009
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale Eesti
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"
User Name SemperFi-PC\Semper Fi
Time Zone FLE Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4,00 GB
Total Physical Memory 4,00 GB
Available Physical Memory 2,10 GB
Total Virtual Memory 8,00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 5,47 GB
Page File Space 4,00 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
I/O:
0x00000000-0x0000000F Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000000-0x0000000F PCI bus OK
0x00000010-0x0000001F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000022-0x0000003F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000040-0x00000043 System timer OK
0x00000044-0x0000004D Motherboard resources OK
0x00000050-0x0000005F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000061-0x00000061 System speaker OK
0x00000062-0x00000063 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000065-0x0000006F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000070-0x00000071 System CMOS/real time clock OK
0x00000072-0x0000007F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000080-0x00000080 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000081-0x00000083 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000084-0x00000086 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000087-0x00000087 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000088-0x00000088 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000089-0x0000008B Direct memory access controller OK
0x0000008C-0x0000008E Motherboard resources OK
0x0000008F-0x0000008F Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000090-0x0000009F Motherboard resources OK
0x000000A0-0x000000A1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A2-0x000000BF Motherboard resources OK
0x000000C0-0x000000DF Direct memory access controller OK
0x000000E0-0x000000EF Motherboard resources OK
0x000000F0-0x000000FF Numeric data processor OK
0x00000290-0x00000297 Motherboard resources OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB Intel(R) X38/X48 Express Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 29E1 OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB ATI Radeon HD 3850 OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF Intel(R) X38/X48 Express Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 29E1 OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF ATI Radeon HD 3850 OK
0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) OK
0x00000400-0x0000041F Intel(R) ICH9 Family SMBus Controller - 2930 OK
0x00000480-0x000004BF Motherboard resources OK
0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000800-0x0000087F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000D00-0x0000FFFF PCI bus OK
0x00009400-0x0000940F Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 OK
0x00009480-0x0000948F Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 OK
0x00009800-0x00009803 Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 OK
0x00009880-0x00009887 Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 OK
0x00009C00-0x00009C03 Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 OK
0x0000A000-0x0000A007 Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920 OK
0x0000A400-0x0000A40F Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 OK
0x0000A480-0x0000A48F Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 OK
0x0000A800-0x0000A803 Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 OK
0x0000A880-0x0000A887 Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 OK
0x0000AC00-0x0000AC03 Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 OK
0x0000B000-0x0000B007 Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926 OK
0x0000B080-0x0000B09F Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934 OK
0x0000B400-0x0000B41F Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935 OK
0x0000B480-0x0000B49F Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936 OK
0x0000B800-0x0000B81F Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937 OK
0x0000B880-0x0000B89F Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938 OK
0x0000BC00-0x0000BC1F Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939 OK
0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF Intel(R) X38/X48 Express Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 29E1 OK
0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF ATI Radeon HD 3850 OK
0x0000D000-0x0000DFFF Intel(R) ICH9 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 294A OK
0x0000D800-0x0000D8FF Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller OK
0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF Intel(R) ICH9 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 2948 OK
0x0000E400-0x0000E40F Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller OK
0x0000E480-0x0000E483 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller OK
0x0000E800-0x0000E807 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller OK
0x0000E880-0x0000E883 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller OK
0x0000EC00-0x0000EC07 Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller OK
0x0000FFE0-0x0000FFEF AS0MMTY9 IDE Controller OK
Drives:
Drive C:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 149,05 GB (160 040 443 904 bytes)
Free Space 57,80 GB (62 065 405 952 bytes)
Volume Name
Volume Serial Number 44C64C64
Drive D:
Description Local Fixed Disk
Compressed No
File System NTFS
Size 149,05 GB (160 038 907 904 bytes)
Free Space 53,30 GB (57 233 891 328 bytes)
Volume Name Windows
Volume Serial Number 728D93DE
Drive E:
Description CD-ROM Disc
Drive G:
Description CD-ROM Disc
Disks:
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model SAMSUNG HD160JJ ATA Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 1
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 5
SCSI Target ID 0
Sectors/Track 63
Size 149,05 GB (160 039 272 960 bytes)
Total Cylinders 19 457
Total Sectors 312 576 705
Total Tracks 4 961 535
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #1, Partition #0
Partition Size 149,05 GB (160 040 448 000 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 32 256 bytes
Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model WDC WD1600BB-00GUC0 ATA Device
Bytes/Sector 512
Media Loaded Yes
Media Type Fixed hard disk
Partitions 1
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target ID 0
Sectors/Track 63
Size 149,05 GB (160 039 272 960 bytes)
Total Cylinders 19 457
Total Sectors 312 576 705
Total Tracks 4 961 535
Tracks/Cylinder 255
Partition Disk #0, Partition #0
Partition Size 149,05 GB (160 038 912 000 bytes)
Partition Starting Offset 1 048 576 bytes
Multimedia shows me these codecs:
video:
c:\windows\system32\iyuv_32.dll Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\IYUV_32.DLL 6.1.7600.16385 52,50 KB (53 760 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:06
c:\windows\system32\msrle32.dll Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSRLE32.DLL 6.1.7600.16385 15,50 KB (15 872 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:18
c:\windows\system32\msvidc32.dll Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSVIDC32.DLL 6.1.7600.16385 37,50 KB (38 400 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:18
c:\windows\system32\msyuv.dll Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSYUV.DLL 6.1.7600.16385 24,00 KB (24 576 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:06
c:\windows\system32\tsbyuv.dll Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\TSBYUV.DLL 6.1.7600.16385 14,00 KB (14 336 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:06
c:\windows\system32\xfcode~1.dll Not Available Xfire video codec [XFR1] OK C:\Windows\system32\XFCODEC64.DLL 1.0.0.40405 26,89 KB (27 536 bytes) 30.11.2009 21:33
audio:
c:\windows\system32\imaadp32.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\IMAADP32.ACM 6.1.7600.16385 21,50 KB (22 016 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:18
c:\windows\system32\l3codeca.acm Fraunhofer Institut Integrierte Schaltungen IIS Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec OK C:\Windows\system32\L3CODECA.ACM 1.9.0.401 79,50 KB (81 408 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:22
c:\windows\system32\msadp32.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSADP32.ACM 6.1.7600.16385 23,50 KB (24 064 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:18
c:\windows\system32\msg711.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSG711.ACM 6.1.7600.16385 14,50 KB (14 848 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:18
c:\windows\system32\msgsm32.acm Microsoft Corporation OK C:\Windows\system32\MSGSM32.ACM 6.1.7600.16385 28,50 KB (29 184 bytes) 14.07.2009 3:18
I downloaded and installed the Win7 codecs by Shark. Because...there are any other codecs available for win 7 ?
Tell me if need any more info..which u probably do.
If there are any better forums for this kind of problem then please tell me.
I hope we can fix this prooblem.
I think i haven't said my motherboard. Its P5E3 PRO. It has EPU engine and it turns off the hard drive when its idle...Premiere pro and all the sytem files are installed on my C drive which is like the main drive. On D drive i keep my music, downloads and stuff. I think it can turn of both drives then idle, but mostly it turns off D drive, I think. I have a new motherboard and i haven't got the hang of it how it shuts them down.
But i think this really isnt a problem.
Thanks in advance.

Serious hardware problems!
Go for a fresh install of OS & programs, but be prepared to first check your disks with a utility from the drive manufacturer (WD and Samsung). You may need new disks.
Great to include these details, but for readability I suggest you include these as an attachment instead of in the text. It may scare people off reading all that detail.

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1. My new Win7 build had a different audio device, and Premiere didn't like it. Reinstalling the latest audio drivers got a sequence to render which previously wouldn't.   Tip for video : Check your audio!
2. It still didn't work in some cases, until.. we went to 'Sequence' and change the Edit Mode to be 'Custom' and then at the bottom, change the Preview File Format to Microsoft AVI (the default sequence has choseen IFrame only MPEG).    It doesn't seem to matter what coded you then selected - they call worked. WIth this, all my sequences then rendered!
The tech told me that this was the case for .M2T files (which i usally record and work with), but I later found that a project with footage shot on a Nikon D5100 with all .MOV files also wouldn't render, until I changed the sequence settings to Microsoft AVI... yes, for .MOV files! So it's not .M2T specific.
Also, none of this explains why all these projects and sequences worked fine on my old Intel Core 2 machnes, but upgrading to an new motherboard with Intel i7 chip made this all break.
But there you go people.. on a Windows machine, try setting the the Preview File Format to 'Microsoft AVI' and see what it does for you...

Attempting to export. "Error compiling movie. Unknown error." (details included)

I've made an 8 minute movie in Elements 10. Trying to export the movie to my computer, I always get the error in the title after a few seconds. I've tried pretty much every filetype/preset and it all does the same thing.
Movie details
All files are from GoPro camera. Half of the footage is .MP4 video, shot at 16:9 HD, 720p resolution (1280 x 720) at 30 fps. Frame rate and Pixel Aspect Ratio are default. The other half of the footage is a bunch of time lapse from thousands of JPG images imported to Premiere in sequence and played back as video at 29.97 fps (default). I selected "Conform to: D1/DV NTSC Widescreen 16:9 (1.2121)" for the Pixel Aspect Ratio on these clips. I've used the Time Stretch tool on a few of the videos and manually adjusted the Frame Rate on a couple of the time lapses to 24 fps. For transitions and effects I have used Cross Dissolve, Dip to Black, Fade out, Crop, and Stabilizer. But not heavily. All of the audio from the clips is deleted and I added a MP3 to the soundtrack.
My system
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Hard drive: NTFS file system, 66 GB free space
CPU: Intel Xeon X3440 @ 2.52GHz (8 CPUs)
RAM: 4GB
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Here is a screen grab of my timeline for what it's worth:
http://i.imgur.com/freD9.jpg
The whole movie plays just find in the preview window.
The time lapse footage all has the green render bar over it so you can tell how I've combined them with the regular video.
This is my first shot at editing so I'm pretty lost. I've tried to include as much info as I can, let me know if there is anything else I can provide. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out on this. I spent a ton of time working on it and I really hope I can resolve it!

Thanks for the replies. I managed to export a small portion of the movie to MPEG2 of just the time lapse so I don't think there is any issue with the still images. It looks like I need to convert the raw video footage into a different format, which should be pretty straightforward. My concern now is that I will then have to pretty much redo my entire movie. Does anyone know if there is any way at all to preserve the arrangement and cuts of my clips while converting the source video?
Edit: I made a new project where I only included a couple of clips -- both time lapse and video -- the same way I did before but only about 20 seconds of footage and it worked fine. Not really sure what that means but it makes me think there might not necessarily be a problem with the file format.

Pre10 crashes, hangs, and "Error compiling movie. Unknown error."

I'm using Premiere Elements 10.0 and an am having a lot of trouble. On a simple project (just half a dozen video clips with audio and some DVD menu stuff) I din't have much trouble. However my bigger project (which is the reason I bought PRE10) isn't working well at all. My pc specs are at the bottom of the post.
Issue 1. about a third of the time, when starting PRE10, the opening welcome screen comes up, I hit 'Open Project', it start to load, then gets an error. With this error I also get an entry in windows event viewer, application log of: Faulting application adobe premiere elements.exe, version 10.0.0.0, faulting module gdiplus.dll, version 5.2.6002.22509, fault address 0x0000f47d.
If I get past that bug, the PRE sometimes just freezes up (a couple times with the audio track still playing, but otherwise frozen).
After many frustrating hours, I think I'm close to having my project complete, and now PRE won't render and create a file. I've tried just a short snippet, or the entire thing - either way it renders for a while (just a few minutes), then gives the subject line error message - "Unknown error" isn't very helpful!   Once, after getting this error an I let it sit there a whle, it then gave the same gdipluss.dll fault that I typically see on startup.
I'd love to have all of these issues solved, but I most important thing is being about to get some sort of output! I've tried a variety of output format, all do the same thing (mpeg2, avchd, dvd, hdtv, etc.)
Thanks
Charles
Details:
- video format is AVCHD (m2ts) coming from a Panasonic HDC-TM90.
- mostly a single video track with audio, sometimes a second video track layered on top
- narration track in .wav format
- soundtrack in .wav format
- roughly 30 minutes long
- video files are coming off of the external usb 500GB drive
- I've played with setting the rendering location to the mostly empty E: drive or the mostly full C: drive - no difference
- I see from other posts about crashes that a key question is what is the project format set to. How do I tell?? I chose that a month back (been working on this off and on for a while...) and I don't remember, and don't see how to check the current settings.
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.111025-1629)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: PCCHIPS
       System Model: P53G
               BIOS: Default System BIOS
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs)
             Memory: 2046MB RAM
          Page File: 1819MB used, 2123MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
       Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
     Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
        Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9505)
         DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9505&SUBSYS_E6301002&REV_00
   Display Memory: 512.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: SyncMaster P2350/P2350G,SyncMaster Magic P2350G(Digital)
Monitor Max Res: 1920,1080
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.7236 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/25/2011 20:04:50, 304128 bytes
     Drive: C:
Free Space: 52.0 GB
Total Space: 238.5 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: WDC WD2500JS-60MHB5                          WD-WCANKM19329410.02E04
      Drive: E:
Free Space: 147.8 GB
Total Space: 152.6 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: ST3160023A
      Drive: F:
Free Space: 32.2 GB
Total Space: 476.8 GB
File System: FAT32
      Model: WD 5000AAJ External USB Device

For the Project Settings, choose Edit>Project Settings, and you can see them all, with the General Tab (most important), Capture (should not affect your Project), Video Rendering (again, should not have much info for you now), and Default Timeline (defines how the Timeline is set up initially, and not of any real use here).
Now, and with the Source Files and Project on your E:\, or your external HDD, how much free-space is on your C:\. That can be very important, especially as with only 2GB RAM, you WILL be using your Windows Page File (Virtual Memory) often, and heavily.
Now, though this is covered in one of the links in the PrE Crashing & Hanging article (Memory & Resources), how is your Page File managed, and is it located on your C:\?
Also, is your Project file (the PREL) located with the Source Files, on either E:\, or your external HDD? I know that you have tried several locations. Also, where are your Scratch Disks (Edit>Preferences) set to? Those can be very large, and if one has them pointed to a nearly full HDD, can crash things.
Last, at least for now, is your F:\ your external HDD? If so, it is formatted FAT-32, and that limits file sizes to ~ 4GB. This ARTICLE will tell you how to Convert a FAT-32 HDD to NTSF.
Good luck,
Hunt

I'm trying to export a 3 minutes video clip through the Share option and i"m getting "Error compiling movie. Unknown error" announcement.

I Need to export a 3 min. video clip as 1080p50 5.1

DovSolomon
What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
What are the properties of your source media and what project preset are you setting to match the properties of your source media?
There is no 1080p50 5.1 project preset in any version of Premiere Elements.
Please see the following for creating your own 1080p50 5.1 project preset and exporting it as 1080p50 5.1.
ATR Premiere Elements Troubleshooting: PE11: Exporting a 1080p50 or 1080p60 file with 5.1 Channel Audio
Let us determine what your sources are, how you are setting up the project, and then we can look microscopically
into the Timeline content for flaw(s) that might be triggering your error message.
We will be watching for your reply.
Thank you.
ATR

Changed Video Preview "Error Compiling Movie" "Unknown Error"

Hi All,
I am running
10.8.3 OSX
2x2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16gb 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
AE CS6 11.0.2.11
PP CS6 6.0.2
So I have 2 dynamic link AE comps in my premiere sequence just with some blur transitions & simple animated graphics.
I was having trouble with the blur quality from AE to Premiere so adjusted my Video preview settings from,
Created a new sequence and had these settings, copied and pasted the content from the first comp,
Unrendered my dynamic link blur works (yay) but when I try to preview render my sequence I get the wonderful error "Error compiling movie. Unknown Error"
Any suggestions?
I have tried opening and closing the programs, replacing the dynamic links in the seuquence...
Thanks in advance!

05555...did you get this reconciled??? If so, what did you do....I have encountered the same window myself, today.

Error compiling movie. I/O Error.

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