imovie error -50 please help!

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imovie error -50 please help!

I'm trying to share a project I made in imovie to idvd. When I click share-> idvd this message pops up:

"Unable to prepare project for publishing. The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (-50)"

How can I fix this??

Thanks in advance!

Posted on Jun 13, 2010 6:17 PM

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Jun 13, 2010 6:50 PM in response to megan732

How much free disk space do you have? How long is your movie?

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Jun 13, 2010 7:15 PM in response to AppleMan1958

It says I have used 97.59 out of 250 gb on the hard drive. The movie is 46 minutes long.

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Jun 13, 2010 7:54 PM in response to megan732

The first thing I would try is to Share to the Media Browser rather than to iDVD. You can import your movie to iDVD from the Media Browser in iDVD.

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Jun 14, 2010 1:52 PM in response to AppleMan1958

That worked!!! Thanks for all of your help 🙂

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Jun 17, 2010 11:23 PM in response to AppleMan1958

Yes, but going through "Share to Media Browser" seems to lose the 52 chapter markers I painstakingly set in iMovie. What else can be done to avoid this error that results about 2 hours after I try to "Share to iDVD"??

(MacBook Pro, 15", with Snow Leopard and iMovie '09)

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Jun 18, 2010 5:20 AM in response to tallguy12345

Sorry, I just went through the process again and the actual error message is:
Unable to prepare project for publishing.
The project could not be prepared for publishing because an error occurred. (-2125)

This message is not very helpful!

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Jun 18, 2010 5:29 AM in response to tallguy12345

"Share to Media Browser" has always retained all my chapter markers. But my maximum number would probably not exceed 20. Certainly, I've never got anywhere near 52. Possibly, there is a limit and you have exceeded the limit.

I find that "Share to Media Browser" produces better quality DVDs than when using "Share to iDVD". This does seem a little incongruous considering that the Media Browser option produces an H.264 movie, whereas the Share to iDVD route gives you an AIC movie - the same format that iMovie '09 uses for its full frame editing.

So, I would be inclined to go with the "Share to Media Browser" export and look at reducing the number of chapters, if practicable. The difficulty for you, of course, is "what's the limit" (if there is in fact a limit). Maybe someone else can offer some insight here.

John

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