Re: quicktime write problem

Posted by Wayne Rasband on May 07, 2009; 7:46pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/quicktime-write-problem-tp3692609p3692615.html

> Thanks Wayne-
>
> What exactly is the support for hyperstacks here?  Does it write out  
> separate movies for each channel or Z-stack?  Or does it write a  
> single movie from all dimensions of the hyperstack in a canonical  
> order (eg CZT)?

If T>1, it writes the current t-series (e.g., the "Mitosis" sample 5D  
stack, added in v1.42o), with the channels merged. if T=1 and Z>1, it  
writes the z-series (e.g., the "Confocal Series" and "Organ or Corti"  
sample 4D stacks), with the channels merged. If T=1 and Z=1, it writes  
the channels (e.g., the "Neuron" sample image).

-wayne

>
> Bill
>
>> There is a new version of the QuickTime_Writer plugin at
>>
>>     http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/movie-writer.html
>>
>> that suggests that the length of the directory name might be the  
>> problem when a "fBsyErr" exception occurs. This version also adds  
>> support for hyperstacks.
>>
>> -wayne
>>
>> On May 6, 2009, at 2:16 PM, Bill Mohler wrote:
>>
>>> Wayne-
>>>
>>> Is it possible for the QuickTime writer plugin to catch that  
>>> exception and throw up a message to the user suggesting that name  
>>> length of a directory might be a problem?  Or are there just to many  
>>> ways for that exception to arise to focus the user on that likely  
>>> possibility.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>> On May 6, 2009, at 12:34 PM, David Knecht wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Several computers in my teaching lab have stopped exporting  
>>>>> quicktime movies from stacks.  It worked all semester and also  
>>>>> worked today with some stacks but not others.  The error message  
>>>>> is:
>>>>>
>>>>> quicktime.std.StdQTException[QTJava:7.6.0g],-47=fBsyErr,QT.vers:
>>>>> 7608000
>>>>> at quicktime.std.StdQTException.checkError(StdQTException.java:38)
>>>>> at quicktime.std.movies.Movie.createMovieFile(Movie.java:115)
>>>>> at QuickTime_Writer.writeMovie(QuickTime_Writer.java:109)
>>>>> at QuickTime_Writer.run(QuickTime_Writer.java:86)
>>>>> at ij.IJ.runUserPlugIn(IJ.java:173)
>>>>> at ij.IJ.runPlugIn(IJ.java:139)
>>>>> at ij.Executer.runCommand(Executer.java:104)
>>>>> at ij.Executer.run(Executer.java:58)
>>>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone interpert this for me?  Thanks- Dave
>>>>
>>>> You can get this error when you attempt to export a QuickTime move  
>>>> to a folder that has a name longer than 31 characters.
>>>>
>>>> -wayne
>