Imovie upload - long project

Did you get an error message? If so what did it say?

Usually when a share fails mid stream it means that there was some corruption in the project or there was insufficient disk space available at the share destination.

First check to make sure that you have sufficient disk space at the share destination. A 2 hour and 55 minute project can be quite large, particularly if you use the Best Quality (pro res) share option. If you share out at High quality instead of Best Quality (pro res) you will get a 4x smaller file.

If all O.K. with the space, then duplicate your project and, working with the duplicate, expand your timeline and slowly scroll through your project with the left and right arrows on your keyboard, looking for white flashes, black frames, artifacts, or any other signs of corruption. Cut out any that you find and try sharing out again. You might begin around the 25% point, where the share has been aborting. You can also delete the first 25% of the movie (again, working with the duplicate) and try sharing out the remaining 75%. If it shares O.K. then you know that the corruption is in the first 25%. If the share fails, then you need to keep deleting segments until you get a good share, and then you work with the other section where the corruption lies. Keep cutting in half and sharing until you locate the corruption. You can make as many duplicate projects as you want while doing this process. Don't use your original file, though, or you will end up with a mess.

Using third party titles can cause share failures as well. Fonts, too, can become corrupted and cause problems. Do a font validation by clicking on Applications/FontBook.app/File/Validate Fonts. You will get a display that shows with a little yellow triangle any fonts that have problems. Change out any corrupt fonts in your project.

A general diagnotic procedure that sometimes helps with share issues is to delete preferences. Try opening iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and selecting to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. You might try this procedure before doing a corruption hunt, since it is so easy to do.

-- Rich

When you say "upload" I assume that you mean "share out" (export) a project as a movie file. To share out a project click on the export button in the upper right of your screen (it is a square with an upward pointing arrow in it.) You will be presented with a drop down box that will give you share options. Click on File. Dialogue boxes will appear that allow you to select your settings, and choose the destination for your movie. Make sure that the destination disk has sufficient space on it to contain the shared out movie, otherwise the export will fail.

-- Rich