Export slideshow does not work

How long is your slideshow? My first slideshow export with 100 images and the places theme took 10 hours to render, and at times I saw no progress at all. So wait and see ...

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.2) 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB RAM

Hello Danim,

I just ran a test again: Simple Slideshow, 4 pictures, Classic theme.

It took just 10 seconds to render.

So I think there must be something wrong with your Aperture configuration.

To narrow down the causes for trouble with Aperture - run some tests with well defined parameters:

• To exclude a corrupted Aperture library: create a test library with just a few images and try to export a screensaver. If that succeeds, then probably your library is the cause and you should try to repair or rebuild it.
• To exclude faulty preference files: log in from another account and try to open your library as another user: If that succeeds, the Aperture preference files in your User Library are faulty, and you need to deinstall them by moving them to the Desktop.
• If none of this helps the Aperture Application might be corrupted and you might consider to reinstall Aperture or you have a problem with the Quicktime drivers when generating the movie. If that should be the case, then you might consider to disable non-standard Quicktime add-ons (Perian, flip4mac) or perhaps try again after a safe-boot with all non-standard drivers turned off (I am not sure if Aperture will run in safe boot mode, can't try it right now).

Report back if you find a clue

Good Luck

Léonie

P.S. For directions on how to repair/rebuild the Aperture Library or how to reinstall the Application look in the Aperture 3 Basic Trouble Shooting Guide http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3805

When I log in from an other account Aperture seems to work normal, also with the library which I use with my standard account.

That narrows the problem down to your own account, but the preferences don't seem to be the problem.

Can you create slideshows from your account from a new, small Aperture Library?

What you should try next, is to find out what the differences are between your account the one you used for testing. Have a look at the start up items in the "System Preferences -> Users and Groups" panel

and deactivate anything that you do not really need.

Alsostart the Activity monitor from "Applcations -> Utilities" and have a look at the processes that are running. Look for anything that is not running while you are logged in in the test account.

I'm having this exact problem. Been using Aperture since version 1.0, now on 3.2 running an up to date install of Lion.

I've exported plenty of slideshows in the past - but not recently - now I'm trying to pipe one out and it won't go - same problem as above - things spin for a little bit, then it claims to have finished successfully, but no file appears (and it finished way too quickly - no rendering went on).

How can I disable non standard codecs? I recently installed iMovie '11, really the only major change, I wonder if something went wrong there?

Do you have a Flip video camera?

Yes, and late last night I figured out that the 3ivx codec was causing this, once I removed the codec the problem was resolved!

Haha, I know you figured it out, rt2. I saw your other post. I was wondering if the OP had the same issue. 🙂

oopsy! 🙂

Not at all, I was using your solution... 🙂

Hello Danim,

You seem to have covered most of the possibilities by now, without luck.

Did you check the suggestion by shuttersp33d and rt2photo by now? As I pointed out in my first post it might be a problem of Quicktime drivers.

see https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3435452?answerId=16526635022#16526635022

Open your User Library from the Finder:

Finder -> Go , then hold down the alt/opt-key and select "Library"

Navigate to the Quicktime-subfolder if it exist and see if you installed some non standard quicktime drivers. Move those to the Desktop and then try again.

If you don't have a Quicktime Folder in your user library, then check the System Library:

Finder -> Go -> Go to Folder...

and enter /Library/Quicktime

and remove the 3ivx codec, if it is installed

Regards

Léonie