Compressor error “Failed: Quicktime Error: 0”

[Phil Yunker]

Are you exporting from FCP using compressor or are you exporting a quicktime from FCP?
I have also tried to export from FCP using compressor and have received the “failed” warning.
Try exporting a quicktime (NOT using the export conversion) just a quicktime so the icon is a FCP icon, then import that file into compressor.

[Jack Fox]

I am exporting directly from FCP but never had a problem before, so I am reluctant to add a workaround. The only recent change was updating Quicktime and purchasing the pro option from Apple.

jmf

[Phil Yunker]

I understand that you may be reluctant to try this, however, I had the exact same problem last night with a two hour movie I just finished for a friend, tried to export from FCP using export using compressor and received the “failed” warning so I had to export a quicktime and import it into compressor. It works and I don’t hink it’s really a work around, think about it this way, let’s say another editor gave you the quicktime file to compress for him because he doens’t have DVD studio pro, this is the way you would have to get the file into compressor. Does this make sense? Sorry, but you might have to change your workflow.

[Jack Fox]

Okay, it was an interesting journey; here is the skinny:

The error was caused by a missing mpeg2 component in Quicktime. The timeline looked okay (no unrendered clips) but when compressor hit the mpeg element it failed causing the error. Also note worthy is that adding the missing mpeg2 component to Quicktime causes FCP (at least versions 4.x) to pause, as if it is not responding, before finally opening. I purchased a new mpeg2 component from Apple but it was still the old (Quicktime 6.4 vintage) version rather than one that has been updated for Quicktime 7.

jmf

[Phil Yunker]

Interesting. Some day try a “test” export as a quicktime(not quicktime conversion) then import that quicktime into Compressor. I think you will see that it works with out a problem. Gld to hear that you got your issuse corrected.

Have a nice day.

PEY

[Jack Fox]

Actually I did output using Quicktime but did not go any further when I saw the size for my 20 minute DV was only 300meg. This resulted even though I chose the Quicktime option rather than the compress with Quicktime export option.

jmf

[Babcut]

The error was caused by a missing mpeg2 component in Quicktime.

I am having the same problem! What do you mean by a missing mpeg 2 componet? How do I
determine if I am missing something? Can you give me more info on how you fixed your problem?

Thanks!

[Tom Laughlin]

Ok, and what is even more weird about this, I know this is an old thread, but people are still having this same problem, is that I have several clips that are about 12 minutes each, some export out of compressor to m2v just fine, and some do not.

Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Salt Lake City, UT
FCS3/Sony EX-3/Mac Intel

[Tom Laughlin]

After hours of post reading this “QuickTime Error 0”, I found the solution by going through the time-line very carefully and coping and pasting portions of my film into another time-line and exporting out as ref QT’s till the error popped up, and I honed in on and isolated the clip that QT didn’t like to render, replaced it with dragging the same shot in, and re-rendering and BAM! 100% rendered and exported.

I found these 2 posts to help me in that direction:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1128297&tstart=0

https://dvcreators.net/discuss/showthread.php?t=19191

Tom Laughlin
Producer/Editor
Salt Lake City, UT
FCS3/Sony EX-3/Mac Intel

[Neal Fox]

How about this.

It was working fine for me. All I did was correct a spelling mistake on a text slide. Now I get the error 0.

Just change one letter!