Quicktime error -36:an IO error occurred

[rsmith4321]

I'm getting the above error sometimes when converting a video file. It will not add to Itunes, and when I try to play it back I get the error. Some video's convert fine, and others that are in the same original format don't. I'm using Vista 32bit. Thanks for the help.

[Midiman]

Totally off the subject... but are you in Indiana by any chance?

[rsmith4321]

I don't get your question, but no, SC.

[Sketch]

Post a console log, please.

[Mon-El]

Same problem here. Getting that I/O error and when I try to transfer to the ipod, I get a 'cannot be played on this ipod' message. Vista 32, 5.5 ipod, videora 2.09. The log:

EXEC: C:\Program Files\Videora\Tools\MediaInfo\mediainfobatch.bat "C:\Program Files\Videora\Tools\MediaInfo\MediaInfo.exe" "C:\Program Files\Videora\Tools\MediaInfo\parameters.txt" "C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\To Convert\Kylie Fever Live in Manchester.avi"

PlayTime=01:48:07.880

Width=320

Height=176

AspectRatio=1.818

FrameRate=25.000
MediaInfo Command line, MediaInfoLib - v0.7.4.5
MSG - OS - Version: Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6000.0
MSG - Converter - Version: 2.09
MSG - Converter - Profile: H.264 QVGA 768kbps Stereo/128kbps
MSG - MediaInfo - Length: 6487s
MSG - MediaInfo - Width: 320 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Height: 176 pixels
MSG - MediaInfo - Aspect Ratio: 1.818
MSG - MediaInfo - Framerate: 25 fps
MSG - Converter - Automatically Generating Framerate
EXEC: C:\Program Files\Videora\Tools\FFmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -y -i "C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\To Convert\Kylie Fever Live in Manchester.avi" -f mp4 -title "Kylie Fever Live in Manchester" -timestamp "2007-03-14 10:21:08" -vcodec h264 -level 13 -b 768k -bt 768k -bufsize 2000k -maxrate 768k -g 250 -coder 0 -acodec aac -ac 2 -ab 128 "C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\ipod vids\Kylie Fever Live in Manchester.mp4"

FFmpeg version SVN-r8047, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-pthreads --enable-liba52 --enable-avisynth --enable-libdts --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-x264 --enable-xvid --enable-amr_nb --enable-amr_wb --cpu=i686 --enable-memalign-hack --extra-ldflags=-static
libavutil version: 49.3.0
libavcodec version: 51.34.0
libavformat version: 51.10.0
built on Feb 21 2007 23:20:24, gcc: 4.3.0 20070126 (experimental)

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 30000.00 (30000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1)
Input #0, avi, from 'C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\To Convert\Kylie Fever Live in Manchester.avi':
Duration: 01:48:07.8, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 905 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 320x176, 25.00 fps(r)
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 112 kb/s
Output #0, mp4, to 'C:\Users\Michael\Desktop\ipod vids\Kylie Fever Live in Manchester.mp4':
Stream #0.0: Video: h264, yuv420p, 320x176, q=2-31, 768 kb/s, 25.00 fps(c)
Stream #0.1: Audio: aac, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
[h264 @ 009C3820]using SAR=1/1
[h264 @ 009C3820]using cpu capabilities MMX MMXEXT SSE SSE2
Press [q] to stop encoding
[h264 @ 009C3820]OVERFLOW levelcode=4377
[h264 @ 009C3820]OVERFLOW levelcode=4377
frame= 38 q=2.0 size= 25kB time=1.5 bitrate= 135.2kbits/s
frame= 80 q=2.0 size= 50kB time=3.2 bitrate= 129.1kbits/s
frame= 118 q=2.0 size= 75kB time=4.7 bitrate= 130.7kbits/s

Thanx!

[Sketch]

Try using an AVISynth profile.

[rsmith4321]

I've realized this is not a videora problem, but some kind of quicktime bug. Some files will not play back on my desktop PC, but the exact same files will play fine on my laptop with the same version of quicktime and running vista. I've tried everything, but I can't get certain files to play, they give the i/o error.

[Carman23]

I had 14 .mp4 files that wouldn't load into iTunes, and which all gave me
Error -36: I/O error
when I tried to view the files in QuickTime.

I was running 32-bit Vista.
But I had plugged in a USB FlashDrive and set its "properties" to turn on "ReadyBoost".

As soon as I "Safely Removed" the USB FlashDrive, thereby turning off "ReadyBoost", al 14 files loaded properly into iTunes, and played properly in Quicktime.