Using iMovie, the error code -50 keeps appearing when trying to export my video, what does this mean?

Question

Using imovie, I am trying to export a movie however it keeps flashing error code -50 every time I try.  Doesn anyone know what this error means and how I can correct the problem?

Answer 1

Hi, one thing I discovered was that this error message was being given whenever I tried to export the project into iTunes as a Large file. When I tried to do the same thing in to iTunes as a Mobile or a Medium file it exported fine.
I tried a workaround which was to recompile the movie again by capturing the video as one file and the audio as another file and then to import them both in to iMovie and combine them as a new project.
Once this was done, I successfully exported the new project in to iTunes (using the HD format option!).
I used Quick Time to create both the screen capture and the audio for the above workaround.
The result was that the file was still a very good quality movie. Perhaps not as good as if iMovie had worked properly, nevertheless, it removed my frustration.
Furthermore, given that the Medium format movie exported ok, even that could be used to share on other social networking sites such as YouTube.
Hope that helps.