Exporting “this file” has failed.

Hi,

The error message is saying that there is corruption at frame No. 1066 that caused the export to fail. It is probably a black frame. Expand your timeline full out and slowly scroll through it in the area of frame No. 1066. Look for black frames, white flashes, artifacts and any other indications of corruption. Cut out any that you find and export again.

You can find where frame No. 1066 is located by dividing the frame rate of your project into 1066. That will tell you the time point in seconds at which the frame appears. Multiply that by 60 to get the time point in minutes. So, for example, if your project is 30 frames per second divide 30 into 1066 to get 35.53 seconds as the point in the timeline where frame 1066 appears. Divide 35.53 by 60 to get 0.59 minutes as the point where frame 1066 appears. As you can see, the corruption occurred about a little over 1/2 minute into the movie. Use the timer located above the time line to scroll around in that area looking for artifacts. First use the slider above and to the right of the timeline to expand out the timeline.

If you want to preserve your original project, you can duplicate the project and work with the duplicate.

Another thing that you can try is deleting preferences. Open iMovie while holding down the Option and Command keys and select to delete preferences in the box that appears. iMovie will open in a new blank library. Reopen your old library to get back to your projects. It is a safe procedure. Now see if you can export.

-- Rich

CORRECTION: I meant to say "Divide that by 60 to get the time point in minutes." I inadvertently said "Multiply" instead of "Divide". So, you divide the seconds by 60 seconds per minute to get the number of minutes.

-- Rich