Exporting to Compressor, unexpected results.

I think I have the simplest motion file in the world. Black logo art in ai, tagged as black, brought into Motion. (I tried both an ai, as well as a pdf format.) In Motion, I am colorizing the art to white. That's all. The background preference for the project is set to black, so I have white titles on black. I also have type set in motion, white on black.
When I export from Motion, things are Ok. All looks as it should. As soon as I 'Export Using Compressor' mysteries appear. I can see the art in the preview window, and it looks darn nice. But when I export (I've tried a few different codes) all I get is black, even though it takes time to render. Just black...Not even the Motion white type is coming through.
Any clues to this mystery?
(Brand new install of leopard and FCS 2 on a fresh disk.)

Thank you for your response.
FLV support isn't part of the basic Quicktime package
used by iMovie. Did you add something from Adobe?
No, I added nothing. The Movie to FLV option appears in the pull Export pull down menu. The lack of iMovie support for FLV explains it in a way, but odd don't you agree that it would somehow find and duplicate another swf file. Hmmm.
I use VisualHub to convert my movie files into SWF
Flash video files (FLV is also supported).
I've been using Video2SWF. Might be useful (though I'm not sure why) to have FLV functionality. I'll look at VisualHub
Thanks again
C

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My project is a Panasonic HD 720P and is about 32 minutes long. I don't know if that info will help, but does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks guys, and gals...

hi,
i can only guess here as you have not provided any information about the crashing itself. Is it Unexpected Error, then a quit; is it a lock up without an error message?
Things to look for:
1. Check that the sequence is appropriate for the format you are editing... it is likely that it is as FCP auto checks it on first clip assemble. Check anyway.
2. Check that the media you are compressing is COMPLETE.. check each scene in the sequence.. sounds like you may have a dodgy scene/media. This would seem likely if you are experiencing crashing always at the same place during compression.
3. Check to see if you accidently put in any compression markers... take these ALL OUT if you dont need them
4. Check compressor.. compress a small file of the same format (different scenes) to check compressor is functioning. This also may help you narrow down your dodgy media if there is any.
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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.
I have taken Motion directly in to FCP - but I didn't think it would work this time. I should have tried.
Someone came along at work and told me to use Visual Hub and use setting for mp4, and also try using the DV - ready for FCP - I did both. I really never think of it as wasted effort if I can learn by what I doing, and that is occurring as you are all explaining to me what I should be doing.
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.
System settings are a boggle to me - so I just use NTSC - DV 720x480 and hope that works - so far the results in my projects are good.
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Steve,
Sorry to say I've not had any success in getting Compressor 4 to work. I've tried every suggestion mentioned earlier on this topic to no avail. Compressor 4 is dead in the water. On the last two projects I had to go back to Compressor 3.x.xx to complete the projects. The only hint that I have of wha may have happened concerns something I did early on. When I bought this computer I decided to replace the hard drive with a larger one. Since I already had my software up and working on the drive that came with the computer I decided to clone everything to the new larger drive. As I recall, Compressor 4 worked on the original drive but it doesn't work on this cloned version. So maybe there is a relationship there. I haven't had a chance yet to reinstall my old drive and see if C 4 works on it. If it does work then I know the source of the problem but not how to fix it on the new drive. Did you do anything like cloning your drive recently too? It's just a thought and may not lead anywhere but later this week when I catch a break I'll give the old drive a try and will post my results.
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Hi chris, have u made any progress with this? If not, then it's worth trying to isolate the problems to transcode your distribution on compressor.app?
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1) Despite your reluctance :) , to export a master from FCPX as part of your workflow, does FCPX render the storylines (project) out completely? And .. Then...
2) does the project play back from within FCPX to your satisfaction?
If not then determination of issues should be directed to the elements , objects and effects n transforms you used for your FCPX project composition
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Look in /var/logs (console.app) for any obvious errors as well.
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/17356372#17356372#17356372#17356372
Hth
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This problem seems to have surfaced out of nowhere. When using the commandshifte command to export from Motion using Compressor, Motion crashes. Every time. Was fine yesterday and have not done any software updates since. Can export directly out of Motion (but need to do a batch). Trashed Motion and Compressor prefs and repaired permissions. Compressor fires up on its own just fine.
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Don't feel too bad. None of us can match what the big guys do with our software encoders and burners.
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Jefferis Peterson wrote:
I'm wondering if I sent a rendered or unrendered file to Compressor. I thought I would be blocked from sending the file if it were not completely rendered...
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Q1 No.
Q2 see above
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