Error -2002: a bad public movie atom was found in the movie

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Error -2002: a bad public movie atom was found in the movie

I am trying to convert .mov files to avi or mpeg-4 files to edit in windows to create a video. The source is a mov file from a Nikon Coolpix camera. It is a model L-11. When I open the file in quick time it plays fine, but when I go to export the file to create a mpeg-4 file it starts the process the export progress bar opens and it sits at 0% for a little then it fails and shows the error "Error -2002: a bad public movie atom was found in the movie" I have tried changing the settings a number of times but no improvement. The issue is affecting some mov files i have and some it failed. No idea of what the issue is and if I have to just shoot a lot of stuff and hope that about half of them can be converted. Any ideas on what causes it would help. Could not find any referance to what bad public atom is so no idea what to look at. Did an web search and a search of this group and could find no solution that seemed to fit.

Dell Dimension 4700, Windows XP, Quick time 7.4.1

Posted on Mar 16, 2008 10:31 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 17, 2008 6:38 AM in response to Targetmarket.biz

Hi....i had the same problem and tried the varios options on the web...tagger.jar and AOA patch..but got the BSOD after trying them out! My fix was found by mistake and it's this........Just put yor MP4 movie on an external hard disk or pendrive and then import it into iTunes from there. Seeing is believing ,it actually works with no ulterior fuss:-)

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Answer 2

Mar 17, 2008 7:31 AM in response to Smooth-op

Thank you very much for the help. I tried copying and pasting the video file that is a .mov file to my zip drive and then I tried to an .avi file. The reason for doing this is so I can edit it with microsofts windows movie maker. After I had it on the zip drive and tried to export it so I could change the file it still defaults to the error 2002 message saying there is a bad public movie atom. I have done a bunch (5) other movies from the camera and they all worked and then the last one would not. So I assume there is a random factor that happens such as file size or something in the recording that causes the random atom attack. Maybe the difference is not being a mp4. It would be great if there was a definitiion of what bad public atom was and what it meant. Computers and technology is great.

I did another search and found that a person commented on zipping the file. Well I tried to zip it from the external drive I have to my desktop and it would not work. Then I ziped the file again. Saved to a external drive then unziped it to the same external drive. From that file I then did the file export and it went fine. So the moral of the story is if the video you took is important keep searching and trying and thanks for everyones help. Why is it the vendor of the product does not post solutions? Anyway now I can go on making movies and editing them. It must be a file corruption issue so that by moving the 1's and 0's around it fixes it's self. Is it a bug with the camera recording or is a bug with quick time?

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