Max Jitter videos get stuck

Wil - thank you SO much for your suggestions. This is a much better way to patch for my project, and I converted the videos to .hap. I have been testing it out the past week, but my patch is still crashing every few hours. I'm still figuring out what the issue is! I did not have this issue the last location this installation was in, but it's the same exact setup and is crashing in a new location. I may try re-installing Max next.

For now, I'm running a shell script on my Mac Mini that reopens my patch every time it crashes. I'm posting it here in case anyone else finds it useful:

1. Create the script

Open Terminal and run:

nano ~/restart_max_with_logging.sh

2. Paste this script

#!/bin/bash

LOG_FILE=~/max_restart_log.txt
PATCHER_PATH="/path/to/your/patcher.maxpat" # Change this to your patch name
MAX_APP="/Applications/Max.app"

echo "Starting Max MSP monitor..." >> "$LOG_FILE"
while true; do
    if ! pgrep -x "Max" > /dev/null; then
        TIMESTAMP=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
        echo "[$TIMESTAMP] Max crashed! Restarting..." >> "$LOG_FILE"
        open -a "$MAX_APP" "$PATCHER_PATH"
    fi
    sleep 5  # Check every 5 seconds
done

3. Save and exit (Ctrl + X, then Y, then Enter).

4. Make the script executable

chmod +x ~/restart_max_with_logging.sh

5. Run the script in the background

nohup ~/restart_max_with_logging.sh &

• nohup ensures it keeps running even if you close the Terminal.

6. View the log

To check the crash log:

cat ~/max_restart_log.txt