My videos on iPhoto no longer play ... the message reads OSStatus error -54. anyone any idea what this might mean?

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I have the same problem OS status error 54. I found a web page that claimed they could fix this problem in three easy steps by down loading their app. I tried, but it never worked. Some technical support company that I found on Google. No luck yet. Very frustrating.

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hi i too am looking for the answer to this did you have any luck please? My videos on iPhoto no longer play ... the message reads OSStatus error -54. anyone any idea what this might mean?

What version of iPhoto?

What version of the OS?

Hi it is 10.10.2 OS Yosemite and the iPhoto is 9.6.1 (910.42) thanks be grateful for any help.

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?

Can you play it from the Finder?

hiya no i can't but what i don't understand is all these clips did work and now they don't work it is very frustrating thanks for trying to help i do appreciate any help i can get. thank you. Can anyone help me please?

There are two questions in my post so which does 'no I can't' refer to?

hi terence no i can't means i cannot play the video from the finder and yes a finder window does appear. thanks

I asked:

A Finder Window should open with the file selected.

Does it?

and you answer

yes a finder window does appear

But... Is the file selected? Or is it just a finder window?

Hi Terence,

FWIW...

I just restored my entire iPhoto library from Time Machine. I'm running Yosemite. After opening iPhoto for the first time after restoring the DB, it asked me to confirm my library location. Then it proceeded to update all the thumbnails. After this was completed, I observed what the OP reported: all photos work normally, but all videos were a.) missing thumbnails; and b.) yielding this error code when attempting to open.

HOWEVER. Doing a Reveal in Finder showed the videos on disk, and they were playable. After quitting iPhoto and restarting it, it *again* said it was updating thumbnails, and now all the videos both have the thumbnails and play correctly from within iPhoto.