unable to share in new iMovie 10.0.2

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arkark Author

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unable to share in new iMovie 10.0.2

I was eagerly awaiting 10.0.2 since in 10.0.1 I coudln't share movies.

well I can't share movies in 10.0.2 either 😟

I select a project and click share and nothing happens.

I've removed the whole package and reinstalled and rebooted and tried again and it still doesn't work.

If I load console and look in that I see the following error messages.

1/25/14 6:37:41.365 PM iMovie[257]: -[CKiOSSetting initWithContentsOfURL:]: init failed with url "file:///Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/PlugIns/Compressor/CompressorKit.bund le/Contents/Frameworks/Compressor.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CompressorKit. framework/Resources/Settings/EFB_iOS.plist".

that file exists of course.
here's what's in it:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<dict>

<key>settings</key>

<array>

<string>EFBiOS.setting</string>

<string>EFBiOS_MP.setting</string>

</array>

</dict>

</plist>

both of those settings files exist under:

/Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/PlugIns/Compressor/CompressorKit.bundle/Conten ts/Frameworks/Compressor.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CompressorKit.framework /Versions/A/Resources/Settings

for giggles I removed all EFB_iOS files from under /Applications/iMovie.app but then the share button still fails but says those files do not exist.

next I removed the <string> values from the plist file, but that still failed to load.

I set CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 and export CA_DEBUG_TRANSACTIONS=1 and then open -a /Applications/iMovie.app

and get this stack trace after the init failed console message

1/25/14 7:43:09.266 PM iMovie[872]: CoreAnimation: warning, deleted thread with uncommitted CATransaction; created by:

0 QuartzCore 0x00007fff8792b036 _ZN2CA11Transaction4pushEv + 312

1 QuartzCore 0x00007fff8792ab69 _ZN2CA11Transaction15ensure_implicitEv + 273

2 QuartzCore 0x00007fff8792aa06 _ZN2CA11Transaction9set_valueEj12_CAValueTypePKv + 40

3 QuartzCore 0x00007fff8792a99a +[CATransaction setDisableActions:] + 38

4 AppKit 0x00007fff9049336a -[NSView _doSetWantsLayerYES] + 66

5 AppKit 0x00007fff90492ffc -[NSView setWantsLayer:] + 310

6 Flexo 0x00000001085e6b02 FFCGImageFromLayer + 578

7 Flexo 0x000000010894fe7f -[FFIMTrailerInfo newThumbnailOfSize:] + 639

8 Flexo 0x0000000108950257 -[FFIMTrailerInfo thumbnail] + 71

9 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff853631d7 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12

10 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff853602ad _dispatch_client_callout + 8

11 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8536209e _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 326

12 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff85363193 _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 40

13 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8aa34ef8 _pthread_wqthread + 314

14 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8aa37fb9 start_wqthread + 13

please fix please 🙂

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 25, 2014 7:45 PM

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amckinn

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Jan 26, 2014 7:30 AM in response to arkark

I am in the exact same boat (had issue with 10.0.1, and upgrade to 10.0.2 made no difference). I also receive the same error message (which I saw before and after the upgrade to 10.0.2):

1/26/2014 10:25:36.359 AM iMovie[873]: -[CKiOSSetting initWithContentsOfURL:]: init failed with url "file:///Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/PlugIns/Compressor/CompressorKit.bund le/Contents/Frameworks/Compressor.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CompressorKit. framework/Resources/Settings/EFB_iOS.plist".

If relevant, I also see the following messages repeated often after the above message:

1/26/2014 10:25:41.336 AM iMovie[873]: AVF error: Perf capability check failed: 0xe00002be

1/26/2014 10:25:41.336 AM iMovie[873]: AVF error: Branch_QT0::pushBits, Context Creation Failed.

Also confirmed that the existance of the plist file and it looks exactly the same

This is extremely frustrating, especially after the release of the fix by Apple (with a fix for this issue specifically mentioned in the change log). For the record, I have also removed iMovie multiple times and re-installed (requiring a 2GB download from the App Store each time).

Since Sharing is a critical feature, it makes iMovie rather useless without it working. Open to any suggestions...

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Answer 2

arkark Author

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Jan 26, 2014 7:40 AM in response to amckinn

Thanks for confirming that I'm not alone!

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Answer 3

Jan 31, 2014 1:24 AM in response to arkark

same problems here. either got error -50 or -60 on 10.0.1 and 10.0.2. my project around 50 mins and it's now holding for months due to the sharing issue. so hopeless right now. 😟

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amckinn

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Feb 1, 2014 3:07 PM in response to ipingilie

I was able to solve my problem. In case others are in the same boat, here is what I did:

- Go to /Library/QuickTime

- remove any 3rd party codecs you have (in my case, I had a version of Macam that was installed)

- restart your Mac and start iMovie

In my case, this was all I needed to do to get the Share button to work again. Hope it works for others as well.

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arkark Author

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Feb 1, 2014 3:54 PM in response to amckinn

amckinn! You are my new hero! thank you so much!

Indeed for me it was macam too!

I really appreciate you working out what was broken and sharing the answer with us all.

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Answer 6

Mar 28, 2014 10:42 PM in response to amckinn

I wish the above solved my problem. I don't have Macam installed. My Quicktime Library only has these two listed:

AppleIntermediateCodec.component

AppleMPEG2Codec.component

I can't afford not to be able to Share my videos - it's a very, very bad - panicky bad - problem.

Can anyone help?

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Answer 7

Apr 20, 2014 1:08 PM in response to arkark

I am on iMove 10.0.3 - same issue after installing iSkySoft Video Converter to convert iMovie output file to windows compatable WMV.

Ever since then, I am unable to share (save) a file from iMovie.

"The share operation "File" has failed.

Cannot creat file

I am not 100% if an update to iMove was installed since then or if this is due to the iSkySoft conveter. A file that used to export just fine, can no longer export.

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Answer 8

Apr 20, 2014 2:12 PM in response to Hunttravail

I have discovered that the error is caused by a video format that iMovie appears not to (now) support while it did previously before I installed conversion software. When I removed the clip it could not support from the collection of clips in the movie, iMovie was able to share.

This is still a concern as it worked with that clip previously, but at least this bit of information may help those trying to export / share movies while we wait for a fix from Apple.

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Answer 9

Apr 20, 2014 2:33 PM in response to Hunttravail

Correction - I believe the situation was fixed because I deleted iSkySoft software but did not re-boot for the changes to take affect - the complete movie is now exporting correctly.

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