# Exporting to .mov format in Avid Express... Help?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exporting-to-mov-format-in-avid-express-help/401849 "2007-04-27T08:43:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![DarRRva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@DarRRva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarRRva)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exporting-to-mov-format-in-avid-express-help/401849/1 "2007-04-27T08:43:09Z")

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Hi… So I made this short film, and I exported it in the .mov format (mostly because I thought it would be the easiest to put straight on to my iPod).

Unfortunately, for some reason it doesn’t seem to work. Once I got home and plugged in my portable hard drive and got the file and everything, it just came up with a blank screen. Quicktime comes up and it plays the sound okay, but there’s no picture! It’s rather frustrating.

I think it might be a codec problem but I have no idea what the codec I require is.  
I took a look through the Avid website but I couldn’t find anything helpful on there.

Does anyone out there know what’s wrong and how to fix it?

thanks a bunch!