MAC crashes when exporting from iMovie

[msmcgahhey]

I produce video for a football team and we have 2 G5's that we use for non-linear editing. Each is hooked to a 4x4 switcher and DV converter which is hooked to a monitor, DVD recorder, and VCR. We have constant problems exporting video from the Mac to the VCR or anywhere but a hand-held MiniDV camera via FireWire. I had the system working again last week but now I'm having a problem exporting again. The crash report mentions Quicktime Audio and Apple Audio but I am a little out of my league beyond simply reading the report. Looking for some help.

Date/Time: 2007-03-23 13:03:42 -0700
OS Version: 10.3.9 (Build 7W98)
Report Version: 2

Command: iMovie HD
Path: /Applications/iMovie HD.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie HD
Version: 6.0.3 (6.0.3)
PID: 475
Thread: 11

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xff000000

Thread 11 Crashed:
0 <<00000000>> 0xff000000 0 + 0xff000000
1 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x932cf9e4 _ZN43AudioContextDeferredInterruptTaskEventQueue9PreRenderEmRK14AudioTimeStampmmRK15AudioB ufferList + 0x264
2 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x932cde08 _ZN33AudioContextDeferredInterruptTask6RenderEmRK14AudioTimeStampmmRK15AudioBufferList + 0x28
3 ...ickTimeComponents.component 0x932cdf40 _ZN40AudioContextDeferredInterruptTaskManager27DeferredInterruptTaskHelperEPvPmPK14AudioTi meStampmmP15AudioBufferList + 0x30
4 ...pple.audio.units.Components 0x9188897c DefaultOutputAUEntry + 0x7180
5 ...pple.audio.units.Components 0x91884d88 DefaultOutputAUEntry + 0x358c
6 ...pple.audio.units.Components 0x9191aa54 0x91880000 + 0x9aa54
7 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962e6e50 CallComponent + 0x10c
8 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x962e6e50 CallComponent + 0x10c
9 ...apple.audio.units.AudioUnit 0x93fcccc4 AudioUnitRender + 0x38
10 ...ickTimeFireWireDV.component 0x84bca90c AudioOutputProc + 0x9c
11 ...ple.CoreServices.CarbonCore 0x963245d0 TimerThread + 0x11c
12 libSystem.B.dylib 0x90024990 _pthread_body + 0x28

 

[Booker]

You'd better try a professional video program.

 

[Giaguara]

Booker, I don't see how your suggestion would help resolve the problem in this case.
First, the thread is from 4 years ago, so he probably doesn't even have that Mac or those peripherals any more.
And if he still would have the same problem... The import worked before, and finding a "professional video program" for a system that is still running Mac OS X 10.3.9... what good would that do? Any program still supporting systems older than 10.5 are likely suggest a customer having crashes or problems simply to upgrade to the latest compatible OS and then run their program.
But, the program used here worked before...

msmc, (if you still have the Mac and the problem you described with it, and it's still running the above mentioned versions of Mac OS X and iMovie) could you run the Software Update to see what applications have never versions availble for that system? Any update for Quicktime, and iMovie and any other component dealing with the video would be good to apply, if there are updates.
You noticed correctly the components (lines 1-12) that were on the chain to the crash.
Updates on any related component could help with the crashes.
Other than that... were there any other apps running while the import was going and the crash occurred? Were there any other peripherals, other than mouse and keyboard, that were in use on the same time? Do these crashes happen only on one of the systems? Are there any other firewire cables that could be tried while importing?