theora - May 2009 - can't export from iMovie 08 to ogg theora/vorbis?

Hey, I got this report on irc and I thought I would pass it along.  I  
verified on my machine as well.

If you have the XiphQT components installed (I have 0.1.8) and you try  
to export from iMovie '08 you get a vague dialog that says:

Unable to export movie
The movie could not be exported because an error occurred. (Error code  
= -32766)

I tried messing with some of the settings, but no changes.

One thing we're trying to do is document how to export into free  
formats for the Mozilla launch and lots of people have iMovie because  
it comes with 10.5 for free.  Would be good if we could figure this  
out and push out a new release if that's at all possible.

Some possible related issues via google:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/quicktime-api/2007/nov/msg00164.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/quicktime-api/2007/nov/msg00168.html

But would be good to get someone familiar with the code to look at it.

--Chris

I don't actually know, but agree it's high time to find out.  I know
folks here within RedHat use FinalCutPro with the quicktime components
to export .ogv, so that means it's possible in theory.  I don't
however know why iMovie will not do so (but if it's anything like
iTunes, it's probably pretty hardwired inside to Apple-only formats.
Getting around restrictions can take some ingenuity).

Hmph, we need more Mac people.  I'm surprised we don't have more Mac
hackers than Windows hackers.

Monty

-32766 is usually badComponentSelector, 0x80008002, cast to a long.

   My guess is that it is failing because the export component does  
not implement a selector iMovie/QuickTime requires for the type of  
export iMovie does. I would add logging to the component dispatch  
routine to see what is being called.

eric


On May 21, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> Hey, I got this report on irc and I thought I would pass it along.  I
> verified on my machine as well.
>
> If you have the XiphQT components installed (I have 0.1.8) and you try
> to export from iMovie '08 you get a vague dialog that says:
>
> Unable to export movie
> The movie could not be exported because an error occurred. (Error code
> = -32766)
>
> I tried messing with some of the settings, but no changes.
>
> One thing we're trying to do is document how to export into free
> formats for the Mozilla launch and lots of people have iMovie because
> it comes with 10.5 for free.  Would be good if we could figure this
> out and push out a new release if that's at all possible.
>
> Some possible related issues via google:
>
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/quicktime-api/2007/nov/msg00164.html
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/quicktime-api/2007/nov/msg00168.html
>
> But would be good to get someone familiar with the code to look at it.
>
> --Chris
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-32766 is usually badComponentSelector, 0x80008002, cast to a long.

  My guess is that it is failing because the export component does not  
implement a selector iMovie/QuickTime requires for the type of export  
iMovie does. I would add logging to the component dispatch routine to  
see what is being called.

eric


On May 21, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> Hey, I got this report on irc and I thought I would pass it along.  I
> verified on my machine as well.
>
> If you have the XiphQT components installed (I have 0.1.8) and you try
> to export from iMovie '08 you get a vague dialog that says:
>
> Unable to export movie
> The movie could not be exported because an error occurred. (Error code
> = -32766)
>
> I tried messing with some of the settings, but no changes.
>
> One thing we're trying to do is document how to export into free
> formats for the Mozilla launch and lots of people have iMovie because
> it comes with 10.5 for free.  Would be good if we could figure this
> out and push out a new release if that's at all possible.
>
> Some possible related issues via google:
>
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/quicktime-api/2007/nov/msg00164.html
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/quicktime-api/2007/nov/msg00168.html
>
> But would be good to get someone familiar with the code to look at it.
>
> --Chris
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