Re: quicktime write problem

Posted by Bill Mohler on May 07, 2009; 8:56pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/quicktime-write-problem-tp3692609p3692618.html

Sounds very useful!

>>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