Exporting using Quicktime Movie makes my sequence unrendered.

This is really strange, but when I export my sequence my sequence becomes unrendered during and after the process. It was fully rendered before the export.
Any ideas? Lately, the more I use FCS the more I want to revert to an older version.

No ideas other than - how did you install your current version?
Given your other posts here, it sounds like you have a host of issues.
If you did not do a clean erase and install of the System and apps from scratch, it may be time to do so.
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I have FCE 4.0.1 and running OS x 10.7.5 when i burn my movie the audio from my movie clips don't come through . My Sound effects and music can be heard. I export to Quicktime movie, make it self contained then open IDVD for an intro and burn it.

I have FCE 4.0.1 and running OS x 10.7.5 when i burn my movie the audio from my movie clips don't come through . My Sound effects and music can be heard. First I export to Quicktime movie, make it self contained then open IDVD for an intro and burn it. everything sounds great in preview but then ( once again)I lose my audio from my movie clips.

Try Mixing Down the audio before export.
This info may help;
https://discussions.apple.com/message/1060680?messageID=1060680&amp%3b#1060680
Also serch this forum for Mix Down you should find lots of info.
Al

Quality difference between exporting via Export vs. Export using Quicktime

In iMovie 08, is there a difference in quality between Exporting a movie at the largest available size via the "Export" menu item, versus using "Export using Quicktime"?
I have a very long movie of family movies (9 hours) and have been unable to do a straight export (gets to the end after 25 hours or so and gives me a non-descript "can't complete" error message), but would rather split it up into several smaller files than compromise on quality, if there is such a compromise using the Quicktime function.
If I do go the Quicktime route, what settings should I choose, or just the default. Also, Export using Quicktime option makes a .mov file. What file type does the straight "Export" function create?
thanks much!
Neil
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What file type does the straight "Export" function create?
All presets are compressed as H.264/AAC content.
Also, Export using Quicktime option makes a .mov file.
The MOV file container is "generic" and may contain any form of compressed data compatible with the QT components installed on your system and which the accessing application will allow you to use. In the case of iMovie '08, proprietary and third-party components are not allowed even if installed.
If I do go the Quicktime route, what settings should I choose, or just the default.
You use the audio and video codec and settings best suited to the goals of your export. Since you have not mentioned what your are trying to do with your exported content, it is impossible to make any recommendations here.
I have a very long movie of family movies (9 hours) and have been unable to do a straight export (gets to the end after 25 hours or so and gives me a non-descript "can't complete" error message), but would rather split it up into several smaller files than compromise on quality, if there is such a compromise using the Quicktime function.
A 9 hour export at the largest (960x540) dimensions implies a 4.128 Mbps data rate which equates to a file on the order of about 16 GBs in size. As you did not mention which export/sharing option you were using or if everything was being done on a single hard drive, such an export may require a total of 48-64 GBs of available storage space for temporary, Media Browser, and target/duplicate file(s) plus free memory for rendering purposes. So one of your potential problems could be file space availability.
As a general rule, increases in the duration of your target movie may require geometric increases in either available file space or the time it takes to perform the processing. It is, therefore, usually better to "chunk" your projects (break them into smaller, more manageable segments than to process them as a single project/file) and process the segments independently. In addition most people will not watch a 9-hour movie in one sitting in any case. (I have gone as high as 5 hours but even the product of this effort amounted to less than 4 GBs of file space.)
To "chunk" an iMovie '08 project, simply duplicate your completed project as many times as needed and then divide each into manageable segments and deleting segments so as to remove the duplicated segments. I would likely consider 6 segments targeted at about 90 minutes each but division of content anywhere between 60 and 120 minutes would probably be considered "manageable" for most purposes.
In iMovie 08, is there a difference in quality between Exporting a movie at the largest available size via the "Export" menu item, versus using "Export using Quicktime"?
There should be no difference in quality if you use the same compression formats and target settings. Changing either the compression format (each of which may have its own particular characteristics) or the settings (such as the data rate which directly affects both file size and quality) will usually produce visual differences in your product.

"General Error" when I export to quicktime movie .mov

I have no idea why all of a sudden FCE4 says "General Error" when I export using quicktime movie... If i use another option like mpeg4 or other it works fine. What could be a problem?
I have lots of memory.

I made the movie self contained and it started but then stops at 10%. This isnt anything complex just a few clips edited together w/ music. I just want to upload to youtube. I have no idea what the deal is!

Movie to FLC under Share - Export using QuickTime...

Hello, can you tell me if exporting using QuickTime means export the iMovie project with QuickTime codecs ?
if so , is there reference of these codecs ?
And if Movie to FLC means export the movie to be able to edited in Final Cut Pro?
Thanks in advance !

iDVD doesn't care about the file size. Under two hours will fit.
iDVD can't make High Definition DVD, however.

I am using FC Express HD, and for some reason, when I export a Quicktime movie, the final movie will only play audio, and the video is black. I only get the actual video if I export as self contained, or if I exportusing quicktime conversion. Why?

I am using FC Express HD, and for some reason, when I export a Quicktime movie, the final movie will only play audio, and the video is black. I only get the actual video if I export as self contained, or if I exportusing quicktime conversion. Why?

I am using FC Express HD, and for some reason, when I export a Quicktime movie, the final movie will only play audio, and the video is black. I only get the actual video if I export as self contained, or if I exportusing quicktime conversion. Why?

Should I export via Export Movie, or Export using Quicktime?

Hello,
I am making a "yearly video" of our family video clips. The movie is 45 minutes long. I have an HD camcorder though I have uploaded all the video as "large" as suggested since I dont have a Bluray burner anyway. I know how to export as a DVD file, but if I just want to create my movie to play on my computer, what is the optimal way to do it where I loose the least quality? This way I can save the file for later, should a better "burning" situation come about in a year or two. Should I export movie as "HD" or use "Export using quicktime" or some other option?
Thank you!!

Sorry.
By all DVDs until the master, I mean any preview copies that are used to preview content only, not video quality.
I export a reference movie, which means a movie file that refers to all render and media files on my drives, instead of creating a new self-contained quicktime movie. By using a reference movie, I save drive space (they're much smaller). But reference movies will only work on a machine that contains all the media and render files.
I've used reference movies in Sorenson Squeeze before, so they may work in BitVice as well. But I much prefer Compressor to any other option.

Export to Quicktime Movie Results in Aspect Ratio Distortion

All of my original footage was shot in miniDV. I have created a sequence with the following settings:
Frame size: 720 x 480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC
Pixel Aspect: NTSC - CCIR 601
Vid rate: 29.97 fps
Ultimately the sequence needs to go to DVD with a standard 4:3 aspect ratio. To export, I am using:
File > Export > QuickTime Movie...
I have tried using several different settings including:
Apple Pro Res 422 NTSC 48 kHz
Apple Pro Res 422 NTSC (HQ) 48 kHz
Apple Pro Res 960x720 30p 48 kHz
DV NTSC 48 kHz
etc...
All settings yield the same result: a slightly squeezed aspect ratio. At first, I thought that this might simply be the fact that I was playing back files in QuickTime which uses square pixels I believe. But in both DVD Studio Pro and iDVD, the simulation shows the same effect. (By the way, Finder's "Get Info" reads the resulting Final Cut Pro Movie File dimensions 720x486.)
I'm fairly new to FCP so I'm hoping there is something obvious that I have missed. Can anyone explain what I need to do to get the video to DVD without a distorted aspect ratio?
(Incidentally, I have managed to export using quicktime conversion with no problem. But I need the export to be a Final Cut Pro Movie File so as to maintain chapter markers, etc.)
Advice welcome!!!

Hi David, I know this was discussed in you posting already but I just wanted to make sure I had it clear. I have a 4:3 film and I've exported as a quicktime movie with current settings, which should be 4:3 and found that the image when played back in quicktime, looks horizontally stretched. Almost as if quicktime is trying to play it back as a 16:9 image. I think this is the same issue the other fellow was having but I just wanted to be clear. You're saying that the 4:3 image distortion is perfectly normal when played back in quicktime on a computer screen and that the export will look fine when put to DVD or sent to a monitor? I just wanted to make sure because this problem is freaking me out and I don't want to deliver a distorted image to my client. Could you also explain briefly why this happens with quicktime export and not quicktime conversion and what causes quicktime to distort the 4:3 image? Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
james.

Export to Quicktime Movie rerendering. Why?

Hi
I have a DV project edited in FCP 5.11 which is all completely rendered. It's actually made up of a number of sequences joined end to end each of which is rendered before rendering the final 'top' sequence. There are some heavily rendered motion still sections in there, so I don't really want to render them again.
However when I Export to Quicktime Movie, using the current settings, ie not making a self-contained movie, it takes hours to render and looks like it is rerendering everything I painstakingly made sure was rendered to full quality already. Is there anything I can do to stop it doing this? (I am doing this to make things much easier for Compressor, rendering the whole project as a referenced movie.)
Thanks for your attention.
Regards
Jeff Cole
PowerMac G5 Dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Just checking that you are, in fact, leaving the menu as Current Settings... and not changing it to match the settings of your timeline...
Also, you say you are not making a self contained movie - you've left that unchecked? Are you sure you don't have any gray realtime bars over the top of your clips - resize, dissolve, etc don't require rendering until export. You need to check the Render All menu (opt-r) under Sequence has everything checked...
Patrick

Exporting using QuickTime informations

I've a camcorder by Sony, HDR-CX305. It makes AVCHD files at 24Mbps data-rate.
I have not problem to import and work with them but, for watching my movies on PS3, I use to export in MP4 with codec H.264.
I don't know what number I have to use for best result. I've tried with 24000 kbps data-rate and it seems be good but I like to know from who has more experience with H.264 codec.
If any person has best method to export on PS3 please, let me know it.
Thank you.

Try this.
Export using QuickTime.
Compression type mpeg4.
Video options h.264, 1920x1080, data rate 16000 Kbps.
For keyframes choose automatic or 24.
You can adjust data rate up or down if you like.
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Exporting using Quicktime in imovie

In iMovie, when trying to export project to make a Quicktime mov, I get an error message saying it doesn't find the imovie event. I've been storing it (and the clips) on an external drive. When I moved it to the main HD, it still can't find it. Do I need Quicktime Pro?... I'm just using the version 7 supplied with the iMac.

In iMovie, when trying to export project to make a Quicktime mov, I get an error message saying it doesn't find the imovie event. I've been storing it (and the clips) on an external drive. When I moved it to the main HD, it still can't find it.
To review the basics... iMovie '08 maintains its own resource database. This is likely needed due to the manner in which it names files during importation. While making "Finder" level changes to the name or location of you resources is immediately reflecting in the hard drive table of contents, such changes do not update iMovie's own internal database and iMovie '08 will no longer "see" them. Where the entire structure is moved manually and all data is left in tact, recovery may be as simple as just "pointing" the iMovie '08 "Event" window at the appropriate hard drive. Other changes, such as changing a filename in the folder may not so easily corrected.
Since you indicate you chose the external drive for the storage location during the import process and made no mention of your "Events" not being visible in this window, as well as, not being available for editing, I would normally assume the internal "database" is not corrupted. In addition, since you stated in your previous posting that the pre-set export option worked correctly, I would tend to suspect your problem is in the "Export Using QuickTime" module itself or in the location/disposition of your "project" resources. You could, for instance, have a bad/corrupted install of the iMovie '08 software or attempted to change something in the "Project" package itself which may be a required parameter for communication by the "Export Using QT" module. These are just initial "guesses" on my part.
Do I need Quicktime Pro?... I'm just using the version 7 supplied with the iMac.
You shouldn't. iLife '08 has its own access to the QT "structures" embedded in the Mac OS and, while nowhere as extensive as the capabilities of QT Pro, do allow for many conversion work flows. You could, for instance, open a file previously shared to the "Media Browser" or exported to your hard drive using the "Export Movie" preset option in GarageBand and see it you can convert it to another QT compression format. If you can, it would tend to support the idea that your problem is limited to the single iMovie '08 export module and not the location of your resource files.

Compressor vs. Export Using Quicktime

Hi, all. I need to export a movie from FCP as a Quicktime movie for web streaming. Should I Export "Using Compressor" or the "Using Quicktime Conversion?" I can't find a reason to use one over the other in all the Apple documentation. So what is the difference between the two? Why use one or the other? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

i use the "export to quicktime movie" if i'm going to recompress to many different formats. i.e. i export the full quality version and then run that through compressor to create hd, sd, web, and dvd versions for viewing.
exporting straight to compressor is useful when exporting a lot of sequences to web etc...

IMovie 11 - Export Using Quicktime - File Disappears after Export......

Hey everyone:
I've got a weird one here. I've made my first project using iMovie. I want to burn a DVD, so I clicked >>Share >> iDVD and it comes over fine. I then setup a menu and stuff and burned it. However, when I play it on my 52" plasma, it doesn't fit correctly. It fills the screen, but it's almost like it's zoomed in so it cuts off of ALL edges.
So I did some research and found this post and went to try it out. So within iMovie, I click "share using Quicktime" and change some of the various settings and export the movie as a Quicktime (.MOV) file to my "Movies" folder. The movie is about 55 minutes, it says it'll take about 35 minutes to export.
35 minutes later I come back and the export box has closed, iMovie is still open, just like it should be, and the file I just exported is nowhere to be found. It just disappears. The second and third time I tried, I open a Finder window and watch the file get created, then get larger, and larger. But once it's done, the file is gone.
So then I created a new project and made a movie that was only 10 minutes long. It exports fine and the file is there when it's done. In other words, I can't replicate the problem with a new project. However, I have a lot of time in editing this movie and don't want to start over for fear of finding the same result.
What should I do?
Thanks!

I have this same problem and there are several threads running about it. I have the paid-for version of iMovie, and cannot even get it to export a Quicktime movie. This makes it even more useless than I already find it to be. I spent the last two days working on a video, and for me to send it to my client, I would have to freight my computer to them so they could view it.
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Export using QuickTime...

Hello,
I recently started my second video project for my family which is converting Video8 and Hi8 tapes to digital video and had a few questions regarding "Export using QuickTime".
I utilize a Digital8 camcorder to play my analog Video8 and Hi8 tapes with a DV FireWire cable so the camera does the analog to DV conversion when importing into iMovie 09. Next, I utilize the MPEG Streamclip to do the DV clip conversion using 720 x 480 (DV-NTSC) frame size settings and apply contrast & color alternations. Lastly, I import the new .mov clips into iMovie, create a new project, do some trimming and now ready to export.
Question: I don't plan to share to iTunes, iDVD, Media Browser, YouTube or MobileMe Gallery however I would like to export and put the video on a media center device. That leaves me with "Export with Quicktime" however there are quite a few export options, for example:
Movie to AVI
Movie to DV Stream
Movie to QuickTime Movie
Which export option is best to use in terms of no loss of video and audio?
Also, there is additional settings, Options button, to configure video settings (compression, frame rate, data rate, quality, dimensions) and sound settings (format, channels and sample rate & size). Are these settings or defaults good to go out-of-the-box or do I need to tweak?
Any experiences or recommendations on export options and video and sound settings would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave

"DV will import just fine into iMovie 09 however when you render or export, iMovie uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out. In effect, reduces the sharpness of the footage. By using MPEG Streamclip, I am converting it into another format and then importing it back into iMovie."
I'm aware of the problem and I'm very curious about your solution. How exactly do you avoid the field drop issue? I thought you said you went from DV back to DV, which I thought would not have any effect on the field issue. Most other reports of working around the issue involve de-interlacing with, eg. JES Deinterlacer.
"Format: H.264, 640 x 480, Millions
Format: AAC, 2 channels, 44100 Hz
FPS: 29.97"
These are the AppleTV export defaults I guess? You could accomplish the same thing by an export via Quicktime, and then you'll get more control. IMHO, Apple's presets were chosen to produce "pretty good" quality at small file sizes. That's certainly a reasonable approach and they probably made a very well calculated compromise. But my preference is to sacrifice time and disk space to eke out a bit more image quality if I can.
Either way, these settings are very close to what I would use anyway, if your original video is 640 x 480. I thought my SD camcorder gave a bit more resolution before it croaked. Sorry I can't check it right now. Just be sure you're not losing resolution in the process. You could also bump the audio to 48 kHz if the input audio is at that sample rate. In the QT export, the other thing you can adjust is quality level; the default for AppleTV is probably "Good" or "Better" and single pass compression. Choosing "Best" multi-pass compression will take longer and give you a bigger file. You'll have to judge whether it's worth it. And just because you can see things on your monitor doesn't mean you'll see it on your TV - you have to test.
It's frustrating, but there really is no right answer to all this stuff, because the choices you make depend on your source and your display, and everything in between.

Export using Quicktime Conversion Save Prompt Freeze

I'm seeing a bug when I export using Quicktime Conversion using Final Cut Pro 7. From the main save prompt window, if I open "options..." and make my export adjustments and return back to the main save window again, it does not initiate a save when I click the save button. Further, it will not let me cancel out either. The save/cancel buttons will click blue for a moment as if they were pushed, but nothing happens - the save prompt window is totally unresponsive. My only course of action is to force quit. (note: the force quit window does NOT report FCP as unresponsive.) This problem does not happen every time, but enough to be a major annoyance. Has anyone had this issue? Thank you.

Your lunch break long wait rules out any "frustrated after a few seconds" reaction and would certainly be long enough for a drive that has dozed off to react.
Some particularly processor intensive formats could conceivably have a short delay before something starts to happen.
Writing to the system drive is not something I would personally do -I have dedicated storage for my entire video workflow. But this would also rule out a sleeping drive. The system is constantly being written and read.
If you are writing particularly large files to the system drive, bear in mind that a good chunk of the "tons" of free space is allocated to "swap" files -data that can't be written into RAM is off loaded to the hard drive. Depending just how large the swap files are and how large your video files are, there could be a delay in reallocation of swap file space to allow the video files to be written. Having less space for swap files can cause the OS to slowdown. Drives will generally become less responsive, the fuller they are.
Note that I am by no means an expert on this, so the percieved slowdown may be less significant than what the paragraph above implies.
Run Disk Utility and make it a regular part of your maintenance routine. Writing and reading the huge amounts of data that are used in video production can cause problems with the directory structure. Better to catch it early and fix it, directory damage is culmulative. You might not notice it until your files are no longer accessible.
How is the system response when you export a project as a self contained movie using current settings (same as your Timeline)? Exporting with QuickTime Compression always recompresses your video -even when writing using the same codec as the Timeline already uses, so it will take longer to process.
Self contained with current settings is the workflow that I always use. The resulting "master" file is brought into Compressor to make the deliverables. This also frees up FCP and lets me continue editing while compression runs in the background.

Exporting using Quicktime Movie makes my sequence unrendered.

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