yellow warning symbol

[Jeff Greenberg]

Craig,

You must have been doing a compression for a DVD?

Compressor spits out two separate files – an M2V (VIDEO ONLY) and an AC3 file (Audio only.)

Since it succeeded with the video, compressor shows a warning that you’ve got a file with that name – either you have to move the file or change the output from compressor – it’s warning you “HEY – you’re about to overwrite an existing file.”

Since the audio compression didn’t succeed, there’s no corresponding audio file. Why not delete the video portion in compressor and then encode the audio.

There would be no audio attached to any M2V file – it’s an MPEG2, Video only.

Best,

Jeff G

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[Craig Johnson]

I didn’t think to look on the timeline to see if I had accidentally shut that off. I know it works if I scrub through it. I’m not at the office right now and will check this when I get back. I did not export to a quicktime movie. The M2v file is complete. Yes I was doing compression for a DVD. As far as the overwrite issue, I have changed the file names and destination folders multiple times with the same result. I know the M2v file is only video, just wanted all to have a clear picture of what was happening. I hadn’t thought about eliminating the M2v file and running it again ac3 file only. Good idea..Thanks, I’ll post my findings later.

[Craig Johnson]

Re-encoding the ac3 file by itself worked. I didn’t rename it or do anything but delete the M2v file and submit it. Oddly, I got the same yellow warning symbol on the ac3 file but it worked anyway. At least I think it worked, I havent’ burned one yet. Thanks for the suggestions and help!

[Tom Wolsky]

The yellow warning just means the file has been done and cannot be redone without renaming the file or changing the destination.

All the best,

Tom

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