Blank preview area, QT Share using expert settings

I currently do not see anything but a black screen in the area where i would see the movie preview when i use expert settings to export:
- Path -
Share / Share... / Quicktime / Expert Settings / Movie to QuickTime Movie / Options... / Video (Settings...)
- Settings -
Compression Type: H.264
Motion: Frame Rate (Current) fps, Key Frames (Automatic)
Data Rate: (Automatic), Optimized for (Download)
Compressor: Quality (Medium), Encoding (Best quality (Multi-pass)
Preview: (Black Screen)
How do I preview?
Thanks for your time!

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