Motion2 won’t boot

[Jim Kanter]

Try deleting the preferences file.

Jim Kanter,
Digital Film Institute
http://www.dfilminst.com

[Bill Depalma]

Jim
I’m looking and I cannot locate a preferences file for motion, assumed it was in the library
where else might it be
thanks
Bill

[Bill Depalma]

I reinstalled Motion but no change, still won’t boot
Here is the crash log from Console if that helps:

:===== Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:49:23 AM US/Eastern =====
NOTE: ignoring this component:
Discovered 26 component = 0x61baa64 type = sinp subt = fwpa manu = appl flags = 0

NOTE: ignoring this component:
Discovered 26 component = 0x61baaae type = clok subt = fwcy manu = appl flags = 0

2007-01-14 11:49:27.866 Motion[257] An uncaught exception was raised
2007-01-14 11:49:27.866 Motion[257] *** -[NSURL initFileURLWithPath:]: nil string parameter
2007-01-14 11:49:27.866 Motion[257] *** Uncaught exception: *** -[NSURL initFileURLWithPath:]: nil string parameter
Jan 14 11:49:28 Bill crashdump[258]: Motion crashed
Jan 14 11:49:28 Bill crashdump[258]: crash report written to: /Users/BillD/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/Motion.crash.log
thanks
Bill

[Peter Berdovsky]

I have the same exact problem, but I have just finished installing Motion 2.0 on my mac book pro, went through the tutorials, started the program (made a new file), it took a few seconds to load all the windows – then everything just disappears! It’s so frustrating… I was really looking forward to using this software. What should I do?

[Gabriele De simone]

Well in your case, you shouldn’t be using Motion 2.0 on a MacBook Pro. You should be using Motion 2.1.2, which you get with the Final Cut Studio 5.1 Universal, and one more round of automatic software updates.

The fact that Motion 2.0 even launches on your system is a testament to how good Rosetta (the PowerPC emulation layer) is 🙂

Gabe
Noise Industries, LLC

[Kaz Miley]

I’m unsure if you’ve discovered the answer to this – I have experienced the same problem.

I had a G5 and installed Motion fine. Bought the new macbook pro and motion won’t boot – I get the welcome screen, then choose anything and it loads, shows me the interface for 1/2 second and then crashes out. I’ve got the Motion 2 software but have downloaded upgrades to the most recent version. I really need to work this problem out as I have people interested in Motion work and this is what I got a lot of work through last year!

I was really surprised that my super duper macbook pro was not able to run an older (not THAT old!) version of Motion.

help!

[Iamsoclever]

I’m running Motion 2.1.2 on a MacBook Pro. It was working fine until today – all of a sudden it doesn’t respond at all when I try to “Save” or “Export.” If I close my project, it brings up the dialogue “Do you want to save your changes before closing?” so I hit save but then Motion quits unexpectedly. Here’s the log from my console:

2007-02-12 23:46:03.997 Motion[448] Can’t open input server /Library/InputManagers/Smart Crash Reports.bundle
2007-02-12 23:46:35.078 Motion[448] *** -[NSNavSegmentSwitchControl cellAtRow:column:]: selector not recognized [self = 0xb6fb990]
2007-02-12 23:46:35.156 Motion[448] *** -[NSNavSegmentSwitchControl cellAtRow:column:]: selector not recognized [self = 0xb6fb990]