FCP won't export clip as...

QT movie or QT conversion (Broadband High) which is what I want to do.
I need to post a simple clip on our website and I have exported 100"s of times
in the past using the QT conversion using Broadband high but now its not creating
the full file. It ends up on my desktop but it's only 4kb.
Same thing happens when I try a straight QT export also.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Kevin
A

Broadband.
It seems to have been a corrupted timeline.
I copied and pasted to a new timeline and it's exported just fine.
Thanks Dave.
Kevin

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