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what is error -50 and how do you fix it

my girlfriend has made a movie in imovie and every time we try to export it on any platform i comes up with error (-50).

just want to know what it is and how to fix it.

any sugestions will be awesome. have tryed everything and it still wont work.


and other movies have exported just fine.


thanks

iMovie '11, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 14, 2013 1:54 AM

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May 14, 2013 2:23 AM in response to kid_cass91

Hi


Error -50 paramErr Error in user parameter list


Can there be any external hard disks - if so How is/are it/they formatted ? Must be Mac OS Extended (hfs) if used for Video.


UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - works for most but not for VIDEO.


What this means in Your situation is above me.

• free space on internal boot hard disk? How much ?


Video codec

• streamingDV, AIC etc. (not .avi, .mp4, .m4v, .wmv etc as they are containers not codecs)


Pictures

• in what format ? .jpg, .bmp, .tif, else ?


Audio

• from where/what format ? iTunes, .avi, .mp3, .aiff, else ?


The "com.apple.iMovie.plist" file


Many users has not observed that there are TWO libraries.

• Library - at root level

• Library - in user/account folder - THIS IS THE ONE to look into


from Luke Burns

I fixed the problem.. but it was very, very strange. I had a very long section for credits and set the line spacing to 1.0.. for some reason this caused it. I removed it, and it worked fine. I put it back, and I couldn't preview or play the video.


I don't know why that could cause that big of a problem, but it did..


Klaus1

You need more free space on your hard drive.


jonorparkerjon

After phone support from apple I ended up creating a new project and adding all 117 clips back in individually till I found out what clips flagged and would not allow me to export. I had 3 I deleted and replaced and everything works now 1hr after tedious work....


Where do Your material come from

• Camera

• External hard disk

• USB-memory


And all are connected so that iMovie can find it ?


Yours Bengt W

what is error -50 and how do you fix it

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