After Effects CS4 9.01 Crashes, help please.

[J***@adobeforums.com]

Hello gentleman,

I have After Effects CS4 9.01 running under Leopard 10.5.6, Initializes and it does not pass the "Media Core" part, then crashes. "I don't have plugins installed". I have a Mac pro with 6GB of RAM and a dual Quad Core Intel Xeon 3.0.
Anyone experiences the same issue? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[M***@adobeforums.com]

What version of Quicktime? Any specific capture hardware or dedicated audio device? Have you tried to trash the prefs (Users:Javier:Prefs:Adobe:After Effects:9.0)?

Mylenium

[J***@adobeforums.com]

Hello,

Thanks for time and help, I have Quicktime 7.6 and a Blackmagic capture card compatible with AE, any other solution?. I had trashed the pref folder but bo luck.

Thanks.

[M***@adobeforums.com]

I think you need to check this with BMD. There's certainly something afoot with their QT component/ AE plug-in for the card.

Mylenium

[A***@adobeforums.com]

A crash on launch while MediaCore is initializing is a likely sign of a misbehaved codec.

Go to Library > Quicktime and try removing third party codecs. Move one to the desktop, restart your computer, launch the app. Keep doing it until you find the culprit. If it doesn't work for you, let me know. Of course, if the offending codec is identified, you can place the other codecs back in the Quicktime folder.

This procedure is described in detail in this technical support document:
<http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb405951&sliceId=1>

Adolfo Rozenfeld - Adobe

[D***@adobeforums.com]

AE CS4 crashes on launch - Error 150:30, As soon as I open up a program, a window pops up saying I need to restart and to call my administrator or support person and mention a 150:30 error code? Can anyone help... I'm trying to learn AE with the 30 day trial version on my Macbook, In one day i got this error not able launch the software... Please help me, thanks

[M***@adobeforums.com]

150 :: 30 is a licensing error. Nothing you can do. I have a few tips on the matter on my website here <http://aeerrors.myleniumstuff.de/?cat=50>, but for the trial version they wouldn't normally apply. Do you by any chance use an external hard drive or was one plugged in during the install? If so, it may have confused the licensing system. Uninstall and try to reinstall without any drives, memory sticks or iPods attached to the system. Also, turn of Time Capsule and possibly change Spotlight's indexing schedule to avoid interference from those...

Mylenium

[J***@adobeforums.com]

Hello,

Thanks for the responses, the started before the installation of the Blackmagic card, I had tried to remove all the Quicktime plugins, restarted the computer but no luck, ahead is the a description of the error when crashes initializing the media core.

Thanks.

Process: After Effects [156]
Path: /Applications/Adobe After Effects CS4/Adobe After Effects CS4.app/Contents/MacOS/After Effects
Identifier: com.adobe.AfterEffects
Version: 9.0.1 (9.0.1)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [93]

Date/Time: 2009-04-01 18:36:32.615 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.6 (9G55)
Report Version: 6

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
image not found for lazy pointer at 0x2905a4ea