Motion Playback Locks Keyboard/Mouse

[Studiocurtis]

I believe I just solved the same problem for myself. For me, the problem only occures when certain objects are selected during playback in combination with the “show coodinates” option being turned on. Here is the fix I used:

-from menu bar select: Motion > Preferences
-click on “Appearance” tab
-under “Status Bar” section, make sure “color” and “coordinates” is UNCHECKED

Curtis

[Brad L.]

We have identical setup as you. We are getting similar lock-ups or crashes. Beach balls, and never recovers. Same behavior on three identical systems. Force quit is our only option and of course you lose all your work. PITA.

Searched for solutions, so far I have found nothing. Trashing the Motion PLIST seemed to have help one artist but I did not have same success. Maybe Kona2 related? We had similar lockups in FCP till new Kona drivers helped that out. Checked logs, but oddly, no entries I could find as it really never crashes flat out, but hangs till I force quit.

Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks,

Brad

[Andy Edwards]

There was a thread on the Apple discussion list a week or so ago regarding the sluggish behavior of motion…spinning beach balls, no keyboard response, etc. The solution was to uninstall Quicktime and re-install the Quicktime package again. Some of the responses on the thread said it fixes their system. I have been knee deep in a project and do not want to risk having a QuickTime melt down with the un-install / re-install, although it might be a simple fix, I just don’t want to chance it with 4 projects on my drives. Once they are done in the next two weeks, I’ll back up my files and then do the QT replacement.

Links to the thread:

https://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@988.RhHqaq2gX2F.1@.68b2d244

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852

Andy