Can't publish (Error code = -50)

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Can't publish (Error code = -50)

No matter how I try to publish, to itunes or anything, I get the following message:

"The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (Error code = -50)"

The only tip I have been able to find online says to go to the Disk Utility and Repair Disk Permissions. I have done this three times now, to no avail.

Any hints?

iMac (Intel based), Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 8, 2008 9:30 AM

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brookefair Author

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Aug 11, 2008 9:38 AM in response to brookefair

Anybody? Please?

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Aug 11, 2008 11:33 AM in response to brookefair

When you click iMovie/About, which version are you on?
Also, which version of Quicktime Player are you on?

Also, it is possible that your project file became corrupted somehow.
Can you create a new project with a couple of clips and see if that will work?

Are you the only user of your Mac? If not, we could explore the permissions thing some more.

Have you moved any event or project files using the finder?

You can also try trashing the plist file.

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brookefair Author

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Aug 12, 2008 11:42 AM in response to AppleMan1958

Hi, thanks for responding.

I have the iMovie 7.1.4 version and Quicktime 7.5.
I don't know that my project file could have become corrupted, but I am new to Mac.
I have tried creating new projects with the same and different clips, and get the same error message.
I am not the only user of this Mac.
I haven't moved any files using Finder.
What does it mean to trash the plist file?

One more thing, iMovie is supposed to save automatically, but even if I don't publish my project, when I come back, it is gone and I have to start over from scratch.

Thanks for your time.

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Sep 7, 2008 2:20 PM in response to brookefair

I recently had the -50 error whilst trying to gen in iMovie.

It turned out the HFS+/journaled data disk had FS structure errors.

You didn't say that you ran Disk Utility's Verify Disk to see if there are problems.

Once I fixed my disk (I had to erase and reload it), the error vanished.

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