If you customize the export settings in a Motion project, the application may unexpectedly quit the next time you open the project and try to export it again.
To make exporting easier, Motion includes a variety of export presets. You can customize the included export presets or create new presets to suit your specific needs. If you customize the settings by clicking "Options" and then changing any parameter before exporting your project, Motion may not be able to read the project file. The next time you try to export a QuickTime movie from your Motion project or change its advanced QuickTime compression or audio settings, Motion may unexpectedly quit.
This can happen with Motion 1 or 2 in Mac OS X 10.3 or 10.4. This issue doesn't occur if you use the existing presets or a custom preset that you previously created.
Update to Motion 2.0.1 to address this issue.
If this issue does occur and you're not able to update, you can correct it by editing the project file:
- Close your Motion project.
- Make a backup of your Motion project file.
- Open your original Motion project in TextEdit (just drag the project onto the TextEdit icon in the Dock or in your Applications folder).
- Choose Edit > Find > Find (or press Command-F) to open the Find window.
- In the Find field, type <videoFormatOptions> and click Next.
- TextEdit highlights the word in the project file. Select and delete the entire <videoFormatOptions> line and the <videoOptionsSize> line below it.
- Look down a few lines and select and delete the entire <audioFormatOptions> line and the <audioOptionsSize> line below it.
- Save the edited Motion project file.
