[Mike Roberts]

i was afraid you guys were going to say that.

[Mike Roberts]

Sorry… I mean when you boot with command S and do a fsck -y…

so, if i do a clean instal and use migration assistant to bring my software over… will that migrate my problems, or do i have to install stuff one by one from the disks?

[Mike Roberts]

You win a dollar! Dammit… do you think that might be what did it? The thought of re-entering serial numbers for my whole saturday gave me the heebie-geebies, so i just clicked “install..”

I’ve done permission repairs a few times… no luck… What about an fsck – what’sitcalled in safe mode? Could that help? I think me and apple are in a lovers quarrel over this quicktime 10/quicktime 7 nonsense.

[Mike Roberts]

Hey, just an update… so far, the Snow Leopard update has solved my CS4 crash on quit problem! So basically, since I posted my rant, I haven’t used CS4, then I updated to snow leopard, and i haven’t had a crash to report. That rules.

BUT, not sure about that audio scrub crash. Problem is, when it crashes, it freezes with no obvious crash report, and it doesn’t give me a crash save… Where do I find a crash log if the system freezes and forces a quit?

Anyway, don’t know if anyone else has had luck with the snow leopard update equaling crash-on-quit fix, but that’s where I’m at!

And thanks for all your help guys!

[Mike Roberts]

Thanks for that… I’ll check next time it happens.

Any ideas about that audio scrub beef?

[Mike Roberts]

Hmm… what’s pre-release..? Like a Beta release? Ya, I wish I had that kind of time to beta test. It’s hard enough to meet my deadlines as it is without editing someone else’s homework. I was running CS3 until i bought CS4 in may. I’ve been looking around and have found lots of people still having this problem. I can’t speak for them having “pre-release” software. Does CS3 count as pre-release CS4?? haha.

But that doesn’t explain my audio scrubbing lock up… I’d love to know if there’s a button that would fix that. Happens with Open GL, no open GL, mondays, even on Tuesdays!

So if you’ve never seen a crash on quit with 9.0.2 can I send it to you the next time I get it?

[Mike Roberts]

If you stretch it out 2 seconds worth of frames to 8 seconds, it’s always going to look stretched. If you crush it back down, it’s going to go back to where you started. I’m not totally sure what you’re going for. Can you explain further what you’re trying to achieve? You can always interpret footage and changes the frame rate of your sequence so that it plays at the speed you like. Saves you stretching it.

[Mike Roberts]

Thanks Todd,

I’d really appreciate that. The audio scrub = freeze (then force quit) has been happening since I’ve been using after effects… That’s across about 6 systems, with 15 installations of After effects of different generations.

The crash on quit happens on every CS4 product. My VISA card was an early adopter of CS4… so i’ve been through all the updates so far.

How do i get in contact, on your blog page?

[Mike Roberts]

I’m fully updated. But yes, I know ranting isn’t the best way to handle it, but so far, submitting bugs, and opening support tickets at adobe isn’t helping either. I’ve re-installed CS4 twice now. 9.0.2 didn’t fix any of my crashes.

Pretty much every forum I’ve found on the crash on quit problem has hundreds of people left with no solution and lots of people saying they fixed theirs with various means. I’m going to try dowsing rods next.

Maybe a clean install of snow leopard and then migration might help. But the thought of reactivating all my plugins makes my head hurt.

Can’t is just work? This type of nonsense is why i stopped using a PC! Us self employed dudes can’t have a full time IT dept.

[Mike Roberts]

It only does it once at the beginning when the menu is getting rolling.
Not sure about the rest as I’m creating only the art… as far as I know, it just happens on computer DVD players. I think the set-top players are ok.

Thanks for replying.