Quartz Composer export problems

Hi all folks,
I try to save a quartz composition with "Export as Quicktime Movie" in the Quartz Composer,
but I get a error box with
"The document "introduction.qtz" could not saved to "introduction.mov"."
all the time (more than 1GB free disk space, for a 1 minute Movie with 640 to 480 pixel from the
"Introduction.qtz" sample).
I do all the things from Technical Note TN2145, but I can't export a quartz composition.
I try to do this with Mac OS X 10.4.11 PPC and Quartz Composer 2.1.1 and Quicktime 7.0.3 and 7.4.5.
Thanks for any Help,
Lutz

Hi,
nice to see someone can convert a quartz composition to q QT movie,
but I can't. I got
"The document "introduction.qtz" could not saved to "introduction.mov"."
all the time, I do all the thinks from Technical Note TN2145, but I can't.
What are you doing to export a quartz composition.
Bye Lutz

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