EXPORT FEATURE IPHOTO-Video Files in "Event" are exported as an empty file!!!

iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback

To export video you can drag and drop to the desktop or Export with the Kind set to Originl

Regards

TD

I'm using iPhoto 11 and am experiencing the same problem. Basically I need to export some video files, when I export using the 'original' file type I get a small 30kb file that plays a blank screen in quicktime. The video plays just fine in iPhoto. I also tried to drag and drop but get the same problem.

Do you know if there are other options or methods that enable people to export video files? I would be very dissappointed if apple have highjacked my content..... Windows would never do this and Windows is a bag of ****....

Select one of the affected videos in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Reveal in Finder -> Original. A Finder Window should open with the file selected. Does it?

I really don't believe that Apple have any interest in your content. Is there something there that might make them want to hijack it?

I doubt they would be interested in it either, I'm just frustrated that its stuck in iPhoto.

I looked at the original file using 'reveal in finder' which appears as a quicktime movie (size is 30kb). The movie plays in the preview window so i tried dragging onto the desktop. I then get a blank video again.

It is strange that the file is only 30kb for a HD video thats 2mins long?

Thanks for your help so far.

Darn, I was hoping someone's home movies would be more interesting than mine 😉

So, iPhoto is exporting the original file, right? This 30kb QuickTime file? But the 2 min HD video is definitely not a 30kb file, that's for sure.

You sure it's not an Alias?

Again, use the Show File command and ths time double click on the file it brings you to. That should open QuickTime and play the movie. What happens?

Not sure what an Alias is but it sounds like you might be onto something....

I imported the file from my camera SD card directly to iPhoto. I don't think the source is the problem as I also imported movies from my iPhone 5 that behave in the same way.

When I double click the file via 'reveal in finder' it opens in quicktime but I get the same, a blank screen that plays for the correct length of time. However, the preview plays the video correctly.

sorry, meant that the source is NOT the problem ;-)

I wonder if iPhoto has converted the file into a lightweight format?

Is anyone able to replicate this issue?

When you say 'it plays just fine in iPhoto" at what size does it do it?

i can view full screen and it still looks sweet, so it cant be 30kb.....

iPhoto has no ability to transform it in any way. All it does is store it. When you view it it's actually a QuickTime window inside the iPhoto Window.

Again, do the Show File trick and this time to a Get Info on the file. What size does that report and also check the kind

Regards

TD

Download and use Find Any File to search for the file name and extension of the video. FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders and packages.

You may find several items with the same name so check their size. Note where the larger file resides.

OT

Perfect, i now i have the correct file which is 135mb.

thanks alot for your help on this Old Toad!

Also, thanks Terence for your efforts.

Regards,

Alan

Where was it?

Yes, where was it located?