I get this error when I try to create a time lapse, bye opening the first image in a sequence. I get the error after I have chosen the number of images pr. second. I have the latest version of itunes and quicktime installed, and I have verified disk permissions and all should be ok.
I open image sequences with QT Pro all the time, and I've never gotten this error before today. My sequences are usually thousands of frames long.
I found the problem with the error that I received. There were 3 corrupt frames in my sequence.
I found this out by separating the images into smaller batches. I had started with 7000 this time. I was able to open all the 1000 frame batches except for one. I then concentrated on splitting that one into small batches and opening each one. I happened to notice that one of the frames didn't generate a proper preview icon (it just showed a generic Preview icon) to the left of the name in column view. That frame and the one before and after were bad. Once removed, all was good.
I hope that helps someone to find the problem they're having.
I had the same error. My file renaming tool renamed my .DS_STORE to the first file in the sequence (1.jpg) and Quicktime choked on it. The file is not visible in the finder, you can delete it in the terminal or select all visible files and move them to another folder.
The following python script takes a path to a directory as an argument and, sorts all JPEG files and renames them to an incrementing number, starting with 1.jpg.
{quote:title=Copy the script and save it as "rename
tosequence.py":}
#!/usr/bin/python
if
_name_ == '
_main_':
import os, shutil, sys
if not len(sys.argv) == 2:
print 'Usage: ' + sys.argv[0] + ' SOURCE_DIR'
sys.exit()
path = os.path.abspath(sys.argv[1])
files = os.listdir(path)
files.sort()
i = 0
for f in files:
if not f.lower().endswith(('jpg','jpeg')): continue
i = i + 1
s = os.path.join(path, f)
d = os.path.join(path, str(i) + '.jpg')
os.rename(s, d)
Is there any reason you don't use Automator to rename sequentially? That's what I do. It's easy for me to rename all the files in a folder with a set number of digits added to the existing name or with a new name. Since I deal primarily with S3D sequences, it helps me to add in L or R, depending on the eye.
