.motn file crashing FCP

I created a Motion project and imported it into FCP 6.0.6 placed it on the timeline and began to render it. I have tried this a few times and all I get is spinning beachball so I have to force quit everytime.
The sequence settings are the same. The .motn project does have quite a lot of information and does need a big render even when RAM previewing in Motion.

Save the project file for Motion.
Export the project file with settings consistent with your FCP sequence settings.
import.
Then you don't have these issues and don't to need to render each time things change in FCP.

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Date/Time: 2006-12-15 16:26:35.558 -0700
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Final Cut Pro
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Parent: WindowServer [60]
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Build Version: 3
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2 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00469728 GetNextClipInfo(PlayerSegmenter*, trackInfo*, double) + 232
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SO I frequently pass Compressor render jobs via the command line to convert .motn files (Motion) to Animation Codec. There are about 10 templates, all very simple, the only thing that ever changes is the text.
This will work many times in a row, with all the templates, until compressord crashes even once, then it will crash again and again until the machine is restarted.
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Here is the crashed thread from the crashlog:
Thread 5 Crashed:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92ba4620 strcmp + 80
1 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x04945957 OZGraphics::createRenderer(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int) + 151
2 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x04dc04af -[OZFXPlugHost init] + 125
3 com.apple.fxplugframework 0x017cd5b4 +[FxHost host] + 69
4 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x04a12174 OZApplication::ScanPlugins(PCString*) + 524
5 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x0495d726 OZApplication::initialize(PCString*) + 10160
6 com.apple.ozone.framework 0x04c9f415 OZXInitializeWithPath + 187
7 Motion 0x013d2540 initializeWithPath(__CFString const*) + 1486
8 Motion 0x013d26f3 OZXInitializeWithPath + 279
9 Motion 0x013d2817 OZXInitialize + 97
10 com.apple.motion.component 0x01386d50 OZQTImportComponentDispatch + 322
11 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9509d5ea CallComponentFunctionCommon + 1494
12 com.apple.motion.component 0x01386c86 OZQTImportComponentDispatch + 120
13 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9509cef5 CallComponentDispatch + 29
14 com.apple.QuickTime 0x94484ff9 MovieImportDataRef + 91
15 com.apple.motion.component 0x01386b42 OZQTCodecComponentDispatch + 1309
16 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9509d5ea CallComponentFunctionCommon + 1494
17 com.apple.motion.component 0x01386c86 OZQTImportComponentDispatch + 120
18 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x9509cef5 CallComponentDispatch + 29
19 com.apple.QuickTime 0x945c5b39 MovieImportFile + 85
20 com.apple.QuickTime 0x945c5a15 newMovieFromFileFromComponent + 1322
21 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9456be4a getNewMovieFromFileUsingImporters + 2088
22 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9456b194 NewMovieFromFilePriv + 811
23 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9446e328 NewMovieFromDataRefPriv_priv + 3356
24 com.apple.QuickTime 0x9446c222 NewMovieFromProperties_priv + 1940
25 com.apple.AECore 0x001a0cfd aecore::CMovieInstance::CMovieInstance(CURLRef const&, bool, long, bool) + 799
26 com.apple.AECore 0x001a6007 CQuickTimeMedia::CQuickTimeMedia(CURLRef const&) + 311
27 com.apple.AECore 0x001a7072 aecore::CVideoUtilities::CMedia::New(CURLRef const&) + 264
28 ...apple.compressor.StompTypes 0x00678009 stomp::CMediaExtended::New(CURLRef const&) + 157
29 ...pple.compressor.transcoding 0x007932ba stomp::CStompTranscoder::_preProcessRequest(swamp::IServiceRequestRef const&) + 2878
30 ...pple.qmaster.ServiceControl 0x00c37c9c swamp::CServiceControllerThread::runOnce() + 2090
31 com.apple.AECore 0x0018efd4 aecore::CThread::runThread() + 34
32 com.apple.AECore 0x0018c681 threadProc(void*) + 17
33 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92bcc075 pthreadstart + 321
34 libSystem.B.dylib 0x92bcbf32 thread_start + 34

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Exception: EXCBADINSTRUCTION (0x0002)
Code[0]: 0x00000002
Code[1]: 0x00e7008c
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Thread 0 Crashed:
Thread 1:
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9004aa08 syscallthreadswitch + 8
1 com.apple.Foundation 0x92bfb5dc +[NSThread sleepUntilDate:] + 152
2 com.apple.AppKit 0x93863a10 -[NSUIHeartBeat _heartBeatThread:] + 1100
3 com.apple.Foundation 0x92be31a0 forkThreadForFunction + 108
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9002c0a8 pthreadbody + 96
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I have a short 4 second clip I made in Motion that is simply white text in a semi-transparent box that comes down from the top into the frame and then fades away. The background of the motion project is set to transparent, render is set to high quality. If I place the .motn file in a track in my FPC project and it is placed so that it is the track in the foreground of the frame, I get the usual red bar asking for a render. Composite mode on this track is set to Normal. I do a render and all looks fine. My text box comes down and fades away. My video in the background blends through fine and life is good. If, however, I render in Motion using Export, settings set to Animation Codec (http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/motion_text_in_fcpspencer.html) and then replace the .motn file with the .mov file that was exported, my sequence is totally black from the overlay file. If, however, I then select this .mov in the track and set the Composite mode to Screen, it looks just like what my sequence looked like with the .motn file.
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Message was edited by hanumang

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Use .motn
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.motn file stays black in fcp timeline when I saved it in motion it automatically makes the changes in the timeline. The only thing is, I can't see it , it's just black, the only thing i can hear is the audio. What am I doing wrong?
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(edit: I discovered i can see it in my viewer when i doubleclick on the file in the browser, although it doesn't play smoothly)
Message was edited by: ward geerts

So it works i you need to click on modify and then set alpha to black. There's just one more thing that doesn't work well, when i set in view the render to best the imported movie file goes black, any idea how that happens?

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I remember thinking that on the same hardware it felt like it was 2x as fast.
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I am setting for the following:

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