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iMovie 08 Export Error Message

I am trying to export from iMovie 08 without any success. I repeatedly get the same error message, but cannot find any reference to the error number anywhere. The error code is -2000. Here is the process that gets me there.

Import video from Canon Vixia HF m31 AVCHD camcorder to iMovie 08. Video was shot as PF30 (wrapped in 60i in-camera). Imported as "FULL". Trimmed a few seconds from the beginning and end. Share to "Export using Quicktime". Settings in Quicktime:

Compression: h.264
Frame Rate: Current
Key Frame: 24
Frame Reordering: YES
Compressor Quality: High
Encoding: Best (Multi-Pass)
Data Rate: Automatic
Size: 1280x720HD

Prepare for Internet Streaming: Fast Start

Am I doing anything wrong with any of these settings? The movie does start to encode, but about 1/2 way thru I get the error message. Does anyone have any idea what that error code means?
My export destination is Internet streaming, preferably at 720p for nice full-screen viewing.

Other tools I already have: iMovie HD, JES Deinterlacer, MPEG Streamclip, Quicktime 7.6.6

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Message was edited by: acfpt

MacBook Pro (Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on May 22, 2010 7:17 AM

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May 22, 2010 12:16 PM in response to acfpt

Ok, I came back to document the solution in case anyone else ever has the problem.

After 2 hours on the phone with Apple, it was determined that my Home>Movies folder was corrupted. Prior to that, we deleted preferences, caches, tried encoding the movie under a separate account on the same computer (worked fine there!), and a bunch of other things. It finally worked after we shut down iMovie, renamed the Home>Movies folder to Movies.old, reopened iMovie which created a new Movies folder, re-imported the footage, created a new project, and then exported.

Hope that helps someone else.

Thanks for the response, Appleman.

iMovie 08 Export Error Message

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