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imovie not exporting video to file (error 10004)

I've just finished working on a 3 minute video @720p. The video runs fine within iMovie but I can't export it no matter what setting I try to use. The error message states "video render frame failed:10004". Any ideas??


I'm running iMovie 10.1.7 on a MacBook air with Sierra 10.12.5.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.5)

Posted on Oct 2, 2017 2:39 PM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2017 3:00 AM

After severe attempts I found a workaround that works for me flawlessly, even if it is not so elegant.


In my attempts I get the error every time, no matter of the number of clips that I've on my timeline. For instance, let's assume that I've two files (A and B) on my library, and I want to merge them. I place both on the timeline and I try to export them. The error may appear at the very beginning of the process, or during the transition between A and B. The simple workaround is just to cut/delete the first frames of the A and B clips. Doing so the export process runs smoothly.


In more detail, the issue appears every time you try to render the first frames of any video. If you remove them, the export process runs fine.


Hope this will help!

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imovie not exporting video to file (error 10004)

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