Motion freezing at 92%

Hey Guys,
Just started using Motion - amazing software.
However, in my first video project, the export seems to freeze/hang at 92% without fail. It doesn't crash, because I can cancel the render and continue using Motion - but it just stops at 92% and won't budge.
Anyone else experiencing this? What could be causing it?
My Computer:
MB Pro Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013
2.6Ghz Intel Core i7
16 GB 1600 Mhz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
Cheers,
Rick

Hi,
welcome to the posts
from your crash log it seems that the fxplugin is causing the problem. Are you sure that you have the latest version of this installed?
thanks
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