General Error on export to quicktime

I am working in a timeline with Motion JPEG B as my codec, and lately when I export to wqicktime I get a general error. Occationaly it will export succesfully, but most of the time it gets 1/4 of the way through it's progress bar and stops, or doesn't even bring the progress bar up and gives me the error right away.
Any thoughts?

Yes, export to quicktime using current settings. The clips are only 5 - 15 seconds long and there are Terrabites of space available on the target disk.
I suspect network speed might be an issue, but it's inconsistent and hard to pinpoint.

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