Can't Export to Compressor due to a

Message that i'm getting that Reads. one or more jobs do not have a source media file assigned. anyone know how to fix this.

I'm willing to hazard a guess that you have a setting applied that isn't applied to your movie's job.
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/19589/Compressor%20Jobs.png
Take a look at the screenshot above. There are 2 jobs in this batch. One has a source file which has a setting applied to transcode from NTSC to PAL. The second job has a setting applied, but no source file. See the difference between the 2 jobs?
Do you have anything in your batch window that looks like the blue-highlighted job in that screenshot??
If you're trying to apply more than one setting to a single source, make sure you drag that setting to the same job.

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I get a message that says "selection contains no media", but there is clearly media on the timeline that plays fine in the viewer. Other projects export fine and using quicktime conversion to export works fine too.

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Interesting. Losing the in and out points on the timeline solved the problem, but now what if I wish to just send a segment to compressor and not the entire sequence?
Exporting with in and out points works okay in other projects. I'm a bit confused.
Is the sequence in question not in your main browser tab? If you're someone who likes to, say, option-click bins to open them in tabs behind the main project tab - I like to do this - then is a known issue when attempting the Export > Using Compressor workflow. (Sequences exported this way must be in the main tab, not in a floating tab or tab behind the main tab).
I've never experienced this error in any other circumstance - I export Using Compressor all the time, with In and Out set, so that in-and-of itself isn't the exact cause...

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I have a query, if I edit in FCP and export out to Compressor or Quicktime conversion, I am locked out from continuing to edit in FCP. Is there a way around this???
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To build on g's answer ... when exporting to Compressor from FCP, you will not be able to use FCP until the export is completed.
If your Macs are networked together, you can do a couple of things.
1. Export your sequence as a Quicktime file, then transfer it to your other Mac Pro, then have that Mac Pro encode.
2. I would recommend setting up your Mac Pro's as a little QCluster. Since the MP's have multiple cores, you can create multiple "instances" in QMaster Preferences. Instances are QMaster's way of dividing your multiple cores to spread the encoding across all cores. I generally create half the number of instances from the total number of cores available. For example, with an 8 Core MP, I would use 4 instances.
Read this article for further information on how to set up a QCluster: http://visionstudios.ca/RenderFarm/RenderFarmleft.html
On your MP that you will be editing on, you can then disable a couple of instances so that you wouldn't see as big of a performance hit while encoding and editing simultaneously. You use the Apple Qadministrator app to configure a cluster like this.

I can't export due to a quicktime error!

I tried exporting different files and it will, but for some reason i can't export this one, can someone help?

Ok.
You can try exporting your sequence as Export > Quicktime Movie, same settings and self contained if you haave space.
Close FCP, open Compressor and drop that movie as source. Check if that way work.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

I updated my computer to the os x and now i can't export my videos to quicktime i got the new compressor still won't let me please somebody help

i updated my computer to the os x and now i can't export my videos to quicktime i got the new compressor still won't let me please somebody help

You need to update the software. This is a very old version that will not work with the current OS. Did you purchase the software from the App Store? If do sign in with the Apple ID used to buy it. Go to the Purchases page and find the software.

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Hi all, I am selecting all my sequences in FCP, then choosing export to compressor, then submitting the job. The job is batched (appears in Batch Monitor) but I am returned to FCP only to watch a frame by frame compressor processing window, and I can't use FCP until the jobs are done.
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Coocoo
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I surely do not take it personal. I have learned that you folks in this group are the best resource I have. I know I am in way over my head. I truly do not know about codecs.
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Now as for workflow - I think I did the right thing by starting with Motion, then with the big file sizes went to Visual Hub - but probably could have just gone to opening the Motion files in FCP - then rendering out for DVSP.
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