I've just finished working on a 3 minute video @720p. The video runs fine within iMovie but I can't export it no matter what setting I try to use. The error message states "video render frame failed:10004". Any ideas??
I'm running iMovie 10.1.7 on a MacBook air with Sierra 10.12.5.
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.5)
After severe attempts I found a workaround that works for me flawlessly, even if it is not so elegant.
In my attempts I get the error every time, no matter of the number of clips that I've on my timeline. For instance, let's assume that I've two files (A and B) on my library, and I want to merge them. I place both on the timeline and I try to export them. The error may appear at the very beginning of the process, or during the transition between A and B. The simple workaround is just to cut/delete the first frames of the A and B clips. Doing so the export process runs smoothly.
In more detail, the issue appears every time you try to render the first frames of any video. If you remove them, the export process runs fine.
Hope this will help!
No export options work after update. Only works if you have a single clip. Fails every time it tries to switch from one clip to another. Had to use quicktime for now to export the movie.
Now it doesn't exports at all for me.
Tried cutting the first frames of every clips, now it works.
Not sure why this fixes the issue, but it works for me.
Thanks a lot! 🙂
Worked for me too! Question is... why? 😕
Yes, unfortunately that did not work.
Why iMovie would update with this glitch is crazy! BUT, removing the first .5 seconds also fixed my problem and I was able to save the file. I am on MacBook Pro Sierra 10.12.6 using iMovie 10.1.7.
Very helpful.....First Part of My Film is damaged, After cutting everything Workshop fine.
Sorry......2nd Error later ,Same error:
If you show the correct rendered Part of your Video, at the End you can See where The Render Process is broken.
Thanks a lot it was the trick for me !
Errore di elaborazione video:10004 (iMovie errore 10004: renderVideoFrame non riuscito)
Exactly the same for me. Cut off the first 0.4 secons and it works. Crazy weird behaviour.
Yup, cutting the first small bit of the front worked for me too! I wasn't optimistic since it doesn't make sense, but was happy it worked!
I wrestled with this for A WHILE. Erasing the beginning of my clip did not work, but eliminating the "Slo-Mo" clip captured on my iPhone did the trick. Disappointing.
imovie not exporting video to file (error 10004)
