Problems handling motion in Compressor

Dear All,
I was disappointed to find that Compressor did a poor job in two short sections of a dvd where motion was involved. Not ultra fast motion, just arm movement and a person moving in front of a bright screen in a dark room. I re-burned the dvd using Quicktime and the problems did not appear. I sent the file to Compressor from Final Cut Pro and burned it using the best quality video and dolby audio for a 90 minute movie. The over-all quality from the Compressor version seemed slightly better, except for the two short segments (about 5 seconds each) where the artifacts appeared when the movement occurred. Any thoughts as to what I can do to correct this, or is it a common problem with Compressor? Thanks for your help.
Barbara

The preferences file is here: Your Home folder > Library > Preferences and is called "com.apple.compressor.Compressor.plist".
See also here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1888?viewlocale=en_US

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I have only used FCP and STP since then but today I discovered that Motion and Compressor "will not open because of a problem".
Here are the reports where it appears that in both cases the "Dyld Error Message", whatever that is, reports that "Library not loaded etc. etc."
Incidentally there are mentions of 14 and 18 crashes since last reports. This is ridiculous as I have only just tried to open them 3 or 4 times in the last 5 minutes . . . . and the computer OS and apps are all freshly installed.
Process: Motion [578]
Path: /Applications/Motion.app/Contents/MacOS/Motion
Identifier: com.apple.motion
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Motion-6870000~22
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [98]
Date/Time: 2010-05-21 15:45:02.265 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D578)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 148993 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 14
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 2
Anonymous UUID: F0E0573A-9AA1-463D-95B1-A136E901F272
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/PluginManager.framework/Versions/B/PluginManager
Referenced from: /Applications/Motion.app/Contents/MacOS/Motion
Reason: image not found
Model: iMac8,1, BootROM IM81.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.30f1
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x8C), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.27)
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.1f4, 2 service, 2 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200AAJS-40VWA0, 298.09 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-875
USB Device: External HD, 0x059b (Iomega Corporation), 0x0370, 0xfa400000
USB Device: Hub, 0x04b4 (Cypress Semiconductor), 0x6560, 0xfa200000
USB Device: External HD, 0x059b (Iomega Corporation), 0x0370, 0xfa240000
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
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USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0304, 0xfd130000
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0221, 0xfd120000
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x820f, 0x1a110000
FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown
Process: Compressor [629]
Path: /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor
Identifier: com.apple.compressor.Compressor
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Compressor-3015328~22
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [98]
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OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D578)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 149440 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 18
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: F0E0573A-9AA1-463D-95B1-A136E901F272
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
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Memory Module: global_name
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USB Device: Hub, 0x04b4 (Cypress Semiconductor), 0x6560, 0xfa200000
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Process: Motion [783]
Path: /Applications/Motion.app/Contents/MacOS/Motion
Identifier: com.apple.motion
Version: 4.0.0 (687)
Build Info: Motion-6870000~22
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [131]
Date/Time: 2010-05-21 17:44:14.127 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D578)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 153737 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 27
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 218 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Anonymous UUID: F0E0573A-9AA1-463D-95B1-A136E901F272
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: __ZN14LiSimpleCamera15setDOFDepthModeEi
Referenced from: /Library/Application Support/ProApps/SharedA/Frameworks/Motion/Ozone.framework/Versions/A/Ozone
Expected in: /Library/Application Support/ProApps/SharedA/Frameworks/Lithium.framework/Versions/A/Lithium
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Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, PCIe, 256 MB
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Bluetooth: Version 2.3.1f4, 2 service, 2 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
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Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-875
USB Device: External HD, 0x059b (Iomega Corporation), 0x0370, 0xfa400000
USB Device: Hub, 0x04b4 (Cypress Semiconductor), 0x6560, 0xfa200000
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USB Device: Apple Keyboard, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0221, 0xfd120000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000
USB Device: BCM2045B2, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1a100000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x820f, 0x1a110000
FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown

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I keep getting artifacts randomly throughout the videos I export, whether i export directly from motion or via compressor, and regardless of which "Share" option I choose or which codec I use (including ProRes - all of them). I've tried literally every preset and even made my own. Its very frustrating because even one artifact messes up the whole video and I have to export it again.
The artifacts show up randomly throughout the videos so its not one particular asset that is a problem. And sometimes it even exports perfectly except that a video at the end (which is admittedly not from a high quality source) shows up SUPER pixelated. This is just as bad.
I've spent the last 48 hours rendering and rerendering the videos. Saving as a new motion file. Clearing cache and library files and pram and restarting. Nothing helps.
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HELP! PLEASE! I dont know what to do!

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I am using motion since long time. But yesterday unexpectedly my Motion failed. Dont know what happened. But now i couldn't open any existing motion file. It shows error. "Could not open file." I tried to install motion again. But it could not solved my problem. What can i do now?

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See if this helps...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3061
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Sort of – by exporting and reimporting as clips. There is no round-tripping. For example, you can't send a clip as a Motion project to Motion4, save and have the clip update in FCP. You'd have to export a clip (or sequence) as a self-contained movie and bring it into Motion (or Compressor), make your changes, exporty and reimport as a clip, see how you liked the result, etc. Much easiier to stay within FCS.
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Motion and Compressor Gone Dead

Following a recent replacement of my internal hardrive - the previous one crashed - Motion and Compressor just wont start. I've tried changing users re-installing, trashing preferences, uninstalling, reintalling to no avail. I get the following log
Date/Time: 2006-12-19 22:20:47.612 +0100
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Compressor
Path: /Applications/Compressor.app/Contents/MacOS/Compressor
Parent: WindowServer [70]
Version: 2.0.1 (2.0.1)
PID: 473
Thread: Unknown
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Library not loaded: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Helium.framework/Versions/A/Helium
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http://homepage.mac.com/cmeermann/filechute/Motion%20Clip.jpg
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I'm using iDVD 6.0.4 and am having a problem with the menu system.
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