I can't edit my IMovie, states no clip selected
I select a clip from my movie to edit crop and I get a message that states "no clip selected" but it is. I suddenly can't seem to change anything on this movie and had been able to.
I had the same problem and did all of the suggestions such as deleted certain files (com.apple.imove....and com.apple.iapps....) from the preferences folder...didn't really help my situation so I decided to view "rejected only" clips and saw that a clip that was in my project was in the list. So I deleted the clip and everything is working fine. You will just have to import that clip again.
Hope that helps...
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Any suggestions for programs that can convert mpeg1 to a format that can be edited in iMovie Version 8.0.6 (821) and/or iMovie HD Version 6.0.3 (267.2) Thanks
Hi Mark
Was just looking for the answer to this exact question and I just found something that worked for me so don't know if it might be of use to you or you might have already solved your problem! Basically when I was in iMovie and I clicked to import movies from the computer into iMovie and I found the clip I wanted to import, there are a few options. I think it asked which Event I wanted to add it to but most importantly it asked me what file size I wanted...I had originally been clicking Large because it advised me to because it reduces the file size...but just on a chance there I selected 'Full - Original' for size and it imported perfectly into iMovie in it's original vertical form!
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WHAT KIND OF FILES CAN YOU EDIT IN IMOVIE!
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To save hard drive space, can I put my iMovie projects and clips on an external drive?
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Yes.
To preserve your projects, all moves should be done from within iMovie, (not the Finder).
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http://help.apple.com/imovie/#move7d66613
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What am I doing wrong?
How exactly are you doing this?
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As far as I get it - PLEASE any one that can correct me are very very welcome to add in or trash errors I've made
iMovie’08
• miniDV tape PAL or NTSC named as - DV and 25 or 29.97fps
• DVPRO
• DV-HD
• DV Widescreen (16x9)
• HDV 1080i
• HDV 720p
• MPEG-4
• iSight
• MPEG-2 from Cameras that records on DVD or miniDVD - some versions are OK
• .mov
• .avi
• AVCHD (= H.264) - If INTEL Mac
audio 16-bit 48kHz and from Audio-CD (44.1kHz)
iMovie’09
• miniDV tape PAL or NTSC named as - DV and 25 or 29.97fps
• DVPRO
• DV-HD
• DV Widescreen (16x9)
• HDV 1080i
• HDV 720p
• MPEG-4
• iSight
• MPEG-2 from Cameras that records on DVD or miniDVD - some versions are OK
• .mov
• .avi
• AVCHD (= H.264) - If INTEL Mac
audio 16-bit 48kHz and from Audio-CD (44.1kHz)
iMovie’11 - updated version of iM’09 - may be some more new Cameras supported.
• miniDV tape PAL or NTSC named as - DV and 25 or 29.97fps
• DVPRO
• DV-HD
• DV Widescreen (16x9)
• HDV 1080i
• HDV 720p
• MPEG-4
• iSight
• MPEG-2 from Cameras that records on DVD or miniDVD - some versions are OK
• .mov
• .avi
• AVCHD (= H.264) - If INTEL Mac
• 24 fps
audio 16-bit 48kHz and from Audio-CD (44.1kHz)
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Hi People,
I have a procedure called ENQUEUE_PROC which takes 3 parameters.
and I am trying to use an if statement in the select. I appreciate the help with this task.
here is my code.
Please have a look at my Select statement. What I have does not compile, however it might give you an idea of what i need.
PROCEDURE ENQUEUE_PROC(P_SUBMISSION_ID NUMBER,
P_EVENT VARCHAR2,
CASE_TYPE_CODE NUMBER;
) AS
XMLDATA XMLTYPE;
enqueue_options dbms_aq.enqueue_options_t;
message_properties dbms_aq.message_properties_t;
message_handle RAW(16);
message SYS.AQ$_JMS_TEXT_MESSAGE;
BEGIN
SELECT
XMLELEMENT("caseFileEvent", XMLATTRIBUTES('http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types' AS "xmlns",
'http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types' AS "xmlns:ns0"),
XMLELEMENT("caseFileUploadEvent", XMLATTRIBUTES('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' AS "xmlns:xsi",
'http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types ../xsd/Case_META.xsd' AS "xsi:schemaLocation",
'http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types' AS "xmlns"),
XMLELEMENT("taskEvent", P_EVENT), --eg - 'SUBMIT', 'REJECT', 'RESUBMIT'
XMLELEMENT("defendentDetails",
XMLELEMENT("sentensingDate", SMD.SENT_VIO_DATE),
XMLELEMENT("personDetails",
// Here is where I want my IF statement, *********************************
IF CASE_TYPE_CODE = 10 THEN
XMLELEMENT("personNameDetails",
XMLELEMENT("firstName", SMD.FIRST_NAME),
XMLELEMENT("middleName", SMD.MIDDLE_NAME),
XMLELEMENT("lastName", SMD.LAST_NAME)
), -- personNameDetails
ELSE
XMLELEMENT("personNameDetails",
XMLELEMENT("corpname", SMD.CORPNAME),
), -- personNameDetails
XMLELEMENT("dateOfBirth", SMD.BIRTH_DATE)
) -- personDetails
), -- defendentDetails
XMLELEMENT("documentStatusDetails",
XMLELEMENT("otherStatus",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("description", NULL)
) -- otherStatus
), -- documentStatusDetails
XMLELEMENT("uploadOtherDetails",
XMLELEMENT("submissionId", SUB.SUBMISSION_ID),
XMLELEMENT("submissionSessionId", SUB.SUB_SESSION_ID),
XMLELEMENT("submissionMethod",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SUB.SUB_MTHD_CODE),
XMLELEMENT("description", SM.DESCRIP)
), -- submissionMethod
XMLELEMENT("submissionReason",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SUB.SUB_TYPE_CODE),
XMLELEMENT("description", SR.DESCRIP)
), -- submissionReason
XMLELEMENT("district",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SMD.DIST_ID),
XMLELEMENT("description", D.DISTRICT_NAME)
), -- district
XMLELEMENT("caseFileType",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SUB.CASE_TYPE_CODE),
XMLELEMENT("description", C.DESCRIP)
), -- caseFileType
XMLELEMENT("primaryDocketInfo",
XMLELEMENT("yearYY", SUBSTR(SMD.DOCKET, 1, 2)),
XMLELEMENT("id", SUBSTR(SMD.DOCKET, 3, 7)),
XMLELEMENT("defendentNumber", SMD.DEF_NUM)
), -- primaryDocketInfo
XMLELEMENT("PACTSId", SMD.PACTS_ID), -- PACTSId
XMLELEMENT("AOJudgeId",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SMD.AO_JUDGE_ID),
XMLELEMENT("description", J.LAST_NAME || ', ' || J.FIRST_NAME || ', ' || J.MIDDLE_NAME)
), -- AOJudgeId
XMLELEMENT("missingCasefile", SUB.MISSING_CASE), -- missingCasefile
XMLELEMENT("creator",
XMLELEMENT("firstName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("lastName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("email", SUB.CREATOR_ID),
XMLELEMENT("actionDate", REGEXP_REPLACE( TO_CHAR(SUB.CREATE_TIME, 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.FFTZR'), '...(......)$', '\1'))
), -- creator
XMLELEMENT("lastModifier",
XMLELEMENT("firstName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("lastName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("email", H.USER_ID),
XMLELEMENT("actionDate", TO_CHAR(H.ACTION_DATE, 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS".000-05:00"'))
) -- lastModifier
) -- uploadOtherDetails
) -- caseFileUploadEvent
) -- caseFileEvent
INTO XMLDATA
FROM USSC_CASES.SUBMISSION SUB,
USSC_CASES.SUBMISSION_METADATA SMD,
USSC_CASES.CASE_HISTORY H,
LOOKUP.CASE_SUB_MTHD SM,
LOOKUP.CASE_SUB_TYPE SR,
LOOKUP.DISTRICTS D,
LOOKUP.JUDGES J,
LOOKUP.CASE_TYPES C
WHERE SUB.SUBMISSION_ID = SMD.SUBMISSION_ID
AND SUB.SUBMISSION_ID = H.SUBMISSION_ID
AND SUB.SUB_MTHD_CODE = SM.SUBMTHD_CODE
AND SUB.SUB_TYPE_CODE = SR.SUBTYPE_CODE
AND SUB.CASE_TYPE_CODE = C.CASE_TYPE_CODE
AND SMD.DIST_ID = D.USSC_DISTRICT_ID
AND SMD.AO_JUDGE_ID = J.AO_JUDGE_ID
AND H.ACTION_DATE IN (SELECT MAX(A.ACTION_DATE)
FROM USSC_CASES.CASE_HISTORY A
WHERE A.SUBMISSION_ID = P_SUBMISSION_ID)
AND SUB.SUBMISSION_ID = P_SUBMISSION_ID;
--dbms_output.put_line('queue start '|| xmldata.getclobval());
--insert into test1 values(xmldata);
message := SYS.AQ$_JMS_TEXT_MESSAGE.construct;
message.set_text(xmldata.getStringVal());
DBMS_AQ.ENQUEUE(queue_name => 'case_file_queue', -- aqadm.cases_queue
enqueue_options => enqueue_options,
message_properties => message_properties,
payload => message,
msgid => message_handle);
COMMIT;
END ENQUEUE_PROC;thanks for the help,
I believe I almost got it to compilw, however I am getting Error(29,19): PL/SQL: ORA-00918: column ambiguously defined.
Of course CASE_TYPE_CODE is ambiguously because its passed in, is there a way around this.
Here is what i have so far.
PROCEDURE ENQUEUE_PROC(P_SUBMISSION_ID NUMBER,
P_EVENT VARCHAR2,
CASE_TYPE_CODE NUMBER // passed in field
) AS
XMLDATA XMLTYPE;
enqueue_options dbms_aq.enqueue_options_t;
message_properties dbms_aq.message_properties_t;
message_handle RAW(16);
message SYS.AQ$_JMS_TEXT_MESSAGE;
BEGIN
SELECT
XMLELEMENT("caseFileEvent", XMLATTRIBUTES('http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types' AS "xmlns",
'http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types' AS "xmlns:ns0"),
XMLELEMENT("caseFileUploadEvent", XMLATTRIBUTES('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' AS "xmlns:xsi",
'http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types ../xsd/Case_META.xsd' AS "xsi:schemaLocation",
'http://www.ussc.gov/soa/casefile/event/types' AS "xmlns"),
XMLELEMENT("taskEvent", P_EVENT), --eg - 'SUBMIT', 'REJECT', 'RESUBMIT'
XMLELEMENT("defendentDetails",
XMLELEMENT("sentensingDate", SMD.SENT_VIO_DATE),
CASE
WHEN CASE_TYPE_CODE = 10 THEN
XMLELEMENT("personDetails",
XMLELEMENT("personNameDetails",
XMLELEMENT("firstName", SMD.FIRST_NAME),
XMLELEMENT("middleName", SMD.MIDDLE_NAME),
XMLELEMENT("lastName", SMD.LAST_NAME)
), -- personNameDetails
XMLELEMENT("dateOfBirth", SMD.BIRTH_DATE)
) -- personDetails
ELSE
XMLELEMENT("corporationDetails",
XMLELEMENT("organizationName", SMD.CORP_NAME)
) -- corporationDetails
END
), -- defendentDetails
XMLELEMENT("documentStatusDetails",
XMLELEMENT("otherStatus",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("description", NULL)
) -- otherStatus
), -- documentStatusDetails
XMLELEMENT("uploadOtherDetails",
XMLELEMENT("submissionId", SUB.SUBMISSION_ID),
XMLELEMENT("submissionSessionId", SUB.SUB_SESSION_ID),
XMLELEMENT("submissionMethod",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SUB.SUB_MTHD_CODE),
XMLELEMENT("description", SM.DESCRIP)
), -- submissionMethod
XMLELEMENT("submissionReason",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SUB.SUB_TYPE_CODE),
XMLELEMENT("description", SR.DESCRIP)
), -- submissionReason
XMLELEMENT("district",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SMD.DIST_ID),
XMLELEMENT("description", D.DISTRICT_NAME)
), -- district
XMLELEMENT("caseFileType",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SUB.CASE_TYPE_CODE),
XMLELEMENT("description", C.DESCRIP)
), -- caseFileType
XMLELEMENT("primaryDocketInfo",
XMLELEMENT("yearYY", SUBSTR(SMD.DOCKET, 1, 2)),
XMLELEMENT("id", SUBSTR(SMD.DOCKET, 3, 7)),
XMLELEMENT("defendentNumber", SMD.DEF_NUM)
), -- primaryDocketInfo
XMLELEMENT("PACTSId", SMD.PACTS_ID), -- PACTSId
XMLELEMENT("AOJudgeId",
XMLELEMENT("intCode", SMD.AO_JUDGE_ID),
XMLELEMENT("description", J.LAST_NAME || ', ' || J.FIRST_NAME || ', ' || J.MIDDLE_NAME)
), -- AOJudgeId
XMLELEMENT("missingCasefile", SUB.MISSING_CASE), -- missingCasefile
XMLELEMENT("creator",
XMLELEMENT("firstName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("lastName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("email", SUB.CREATOR_ID),
XMLELEMENT("actionDate", REGEXP_REPLACE( TO_CHAR(SUB.CREATE_TIME, 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS.FFTZR'), '...(......)$', '\1'))
), -- creator
XMLELEMENT("lastModifier",
XMLELEMENT("firstName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("lastName", NULL),
XMLELEMENT("email", H.USER_ID),
XMLELEMENT("actionDate", TO_CHAR(H.ACTION_DATE, 'YYYY-MM-DD"T"HH24:MI:SS".000-05:00"'))
) -- lastModifier
) -- uploadOtherDetails
) -- caseFileUploadEvent
) -- caseFileEvent
INTO XMLDATA
FROM USSC_CASES.SUBMISSION SUB,
USSC_CASES.SUBMISSION_METADATA SMD,
USSC_CASES.CASE_HISTORY H,
LOOKUP.CASE_SUB_MTHD SM,
LOOKUP.CASE_SUB_TYPE SR,
LOOKUP.DISTRICTS D,
LOOKUP.JUDGES J,
LOOKUP.CASE_TYPES C
WHERE SUB.SUBMISSION_ID = SMD.SUBMISSION_ID
AND SUB.SUBMISSION_ID = H.SUBMISSION_ID
AND SUB.SUB_MTHD_CODE = SM.SUBMTHD_CODE
AND SUB.SUB_TYPE_CODE = SR.SUBTYPE_CODE
AND SUB.CASE_TYPE_CODE = C.CASE_TYPE_CODE
AND SMD.DIST_ID = D.USSC_DISTRICT_ID
AND SMD.AO_JUDGE_ID = J.AO_JUDGE_ID
AND H.ACTION_DATE IN (SELECT MAX(A.ACTION_DATE)
FROM USSC_CASES.CASE_HISTORY A
WHERE A.SUBMISSION_ID = P_SUBMISSION_ID)
AND SUB.SUBMISSION_ID = P_SUBMISSION_ID;
--dbms_output.put_line('queue start '|| xmldata.getclobval());
--insert into test1 values(xmldata);
message := SYS.AQ$_JMS_TEXT_MESSAGE.construct;
message.set_text(xmldata.getStringVal());
DBMS_AQ.ENQUEUE(queue_name => 'case_file_queue', -- aqadm.cases_queue
enqueue_options => enqueue_options,
message_properties => message_properties,
payload => message,
msgid => message_handle);
COMMIT;
END ENQUEUE_PROC;Edited by: Rooney on Jan 31, 2012 1:55 PM -
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Please help! I'm sorry this question is going to be long, but I'm a novice at this.
My goal is to get my VHS home movies (I have about 30 of them) into iMovie so I can do two things.
First I want to burn DVD's so I'll have a copy of the VHS tapes before they go bad.
Secondly, I want to be able to extract small clips from all of the tapes and combine them in a new iMovie project.
Here's what I've done so far:
I purchased a Canopus ADVC110 and got someof my VHS tapes converted digitally but the file sizes were HUGE and eating up my hard drive space. I was down to 6 GB of space left on my hard drive and almost crashed my Mac.
I deleted all these huge files and got my Mac back up to having 111 gigs of space left. Whew!
This week I purchased a Pinnacle converter and started all over. I took a VHS tape, and it was compressed into a nice small Mpeg-4 file and went to iTunes.
Then I tried to drag and drop it from itunes to imovie. That didn't work. I then dragged the movie to my desktop and then dragged it to imovie..... looks like this was going to take a long time to get into imovie. I'm thinking this is too many steps.
Now I am importing the file into iMovie by importing directly from itunes. The file size is 1.04 GB and it is 1 hour and 54 minutes long. It is taking a loooong time to import this movie....like 100 minutes.
I am afraid I am doing this the hard way.
Plus, after reading all the discussion boards and all the problems people are having... I don't even know if I'll be able to successfully edit this movie once it's imported. Plus, after I've edited it (if I can) will I be able to transfer the clips to another iMovie project?
I'm happy with the file size that the Pinnacle converter is giving me. I'm happy with the way the movie appears in itunes.
Because I have **so many VHS tapes** to convert, I'm asking you all if there is an easier way for me to complete this task!
Thanks in advance for any advise. Keep in mind that I'm not tech-sophisticated..... just a middle aged Grandma trying to preserve memories of my family!_Share" the highlight as suggested_
Thanks Lennart..... I'm not sure I know what you meant by the above.
Do you mean that I share the little clips I want to use in the 'best of project'?
I read the MacWorld article.... it's great thanks!
I want to keep all these converted movies on my hard drive because down the road I want to extract other clips from them so I can make a 'best of' movie for my other family members. I may want to do that next year.... or whatever..... so I want to have the imovies available for me when that time comes.
In order to do this am I going to have to buy a lot..... and I mean ALOT of extra hard drive space? That darn Canopus was really making files for me that were like 60-80GB's per one half hour movie!!
Hey, I really appreciate all the time you are spending with me on this topic. Making these imovie memories are so very important to me. -
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I am trying to caption a video using the Titles feature. However, 10.0.3 has a bug that won't allow font changes in titles, which is making the captions inconsistent in terms of size and font, which looks terrible. How can I fix this? Is there any way to share the project with a different computer with an older version of iMovie, to make the edits there? So far, the video will transfer but the other project files (including the captions) won't open in the new version.
You can't use a project created in iMovie 10 with earlier iMovie versions. If you are only adding titles you could always re-import the video into a Mac running an earlier version of iMovie or share the iMovie 10 video to file and import into the earlier version.
Some titles in iMovie 10 do allow changing font and size though. Its a matter of trying out the various options. If you are running Yosemite its worth upgrading to version 10.0.6 which I think improved title adjustment options as well as a number of other things.
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A colleague was working on an iMove trailer today and asked if I would do a bit of work on it at home. They emailed it to me but now now when i open it up it just plays through quicktime. I really want to get it into iMovie to edit it a bit... any suggestions?
ThanksiMovie is an Application that can handle several types of video files. It is not a file format in and of itself.
If you have the particular video format the file is set to open with Quicktime, then it will open with Quicktime.
You can Command click (right click on a 2 button mouse) on the file, and then click on Open with, and find iMovie.
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I'm working on a project, but FCPX won't let me edit in my timeline. The one thing that I notice is that when I highlight clips to edit, instead of being surrounded with a yellow border, they're outlined in a white border.Also, the playhead and the skimmer line are faded and dull. I've tried rebooting, but it just comes back to this same state of affairs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
ErikPlease post a screenshot of what you are experiencing.
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I recently purchased QuickTime 7 Pro to convert avi files to mov files for editing on Imovie. However, QuickTime won't play the files. How can I get them to play and how can I convert them to mov files?
I recently purchased QuickTime 7 Pro to convert avi files to mov files for editing on Imovie. However, QuickTime won't play the files. How can I get them to play and how can I convert them to mov files?
Both the AVI and the MOV file extensions refer to the file container and not the compressed data the file contains. Both are generic file containers in that each may contain any valid combination of audio and/or video data that is compatible with the codec component configuration of the system on which the file was created. On the other hand, whether a file is playback compatible, conversion compatible, and/or edit compatible depends on the data actually contained in the file container. So, you are basically dealing with two separate issues here—the container and what is inside it.
Basically, if you want to make your files ediit compatible with iMovie, you must change your file container to one that is acceptable to iMovie and convert the data to edit compatible audio and/or video compression formats as may be necessary. The best approach is to determine what codecs were actually used to create the original AVI files and add them to your system if possible. In most cases a codec package like Perian can be added to your system's codec component configuration to may the AVI file playable. Once they are playable, in the QT 7 app then they can be chnged or converted to file types and compression formats that can be edited in iMovie. (While Perian handles most codecs commonly used to create AVI files, it does not handle all possibilities and, while the Perian codec package still works under cureent Mac OS versions, its development group has decided to drop further development/support of the package.)
Background: AVI is a file container originally developed by Microsoft back in 1992 but for which official support was discontinued about 11 years. Despite its limitations, Windows users still tend to use this file based on its open source ease of use and generic nature, thus, making its use so popular that most users are unwilling to switch to more modern but less generic file types. Since some AVI legacy compression formats have never been transcoded for the Mac or use beyond OS 9 or OS X PPC platforms, it is often important to know what specific compression formats are contained in the AVI file to know which codecs to add to your system and which not to add in order to avoid possible codec conflicts.
You can use many different converters to convert AVI files to iMovie edit compatible files. Most third-party apps contain their own buit-in codecs which do not relay on the Mac codec component configuration. Free ones, like HandBrake, usually have limited conversion capabilities while those that have more varied outputs are usually commercial in nature and will cost you additional cash. QT 7 Pro or the free MPEG Streamclip app allow you to access you own system's component configuration and use any available codec component like DV, AIC, MPEG-4, H.264, Photo JPEG, etc.—all of which are iMovie compatible for editing purposes—but only after making the AVI file QT 7 player compatible.
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1) Try checking the Finder "Info" window,
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Hi, I have an IR and have created a number of highlights. What I want to do is hide the search bar (done by the option in the report) but also the details of the highlights (it shows these in a list just above the report) Is there anyway to hide thes
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Problem in delivery quantity of IBD
Hi All, An inbound delivery #xxx for US has been created against an inbound delivery #yyy. But the problem here is that the total delivery quantity of IBD #xxx is only 14 while the total delivery quantity of IBD #yyy is 48. The delivery quantity for