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Sharing file to folder have error message cannot encode

iMovie. Sharing file to folder. Error message “cannot encode”

iMac 27", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 10, 2020 4:28 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2020 3:44 PM

I think that the cause of your issue is that you are interrupting the import/export process before it has had a chance to finish. The "clips" that you were seeing from the download were temporary files, not complete files, because you interrupted the process. Therefore there was nothing to encode and that's why you got the "cannot encode" message. So, you are doing the right steps. You are just not giving the process a chance to finish.


You need to let the import from your camera into iMovie totally finish before disconnecting your camera. Don't stop the import. Then, when you share your movie project to File from iMovie you again need to let the export process totally finish. It will stop when completed and give you a notification that the share was successful.


Take a look at this online help link for explanation of how to share out a movie:


https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/move6e0cb2ad


-- Rich

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Jan 10, 2020 3:44 PM in response to DVCTHFC

I think that the cause of your issue is that you are interrupting the import/export process before it has had a chance to finish. The "clips" that you were seeing from the download were temporary files, not complete files, because you interrupted the process. Therefore there was nothing to encode and that's why you got the "cannot encode" message. So, you are doing the right steps. You are just not giving the process a chance to finish.


You need to let the import from your camera into iMovie totally finish before disconnecting your camera. Don't stop the import. Then, when you share your movie project to File from iMovie you again need to let the export process totally finish. It will stop when completed and give you a notification that the share was successful.


Take a look at this online help link for explanation of how to share out a movie:


https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/move6e0cb2ad


-- Rich

Sharing file to folder have error message cannot encode

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