Haven’t encountered this, but it’s either a problem with with your project, or with Podium’s configuration. If a troublesome project loads on startup, I guess it could behave like that.
To stop the project auto-loading, hunt down your Zynewave\Podium Free\Podium.ini file and carefully remove any project entry line(s) directly under the [RecentProjects] section, then save this file.
Now try starting Podium Free and now hopefully it won’t crash on launch. If you get that far, you can try performing the following steps to import the contents of the ‘troublesome’ project into a new project:
– Create a new project (let’s call it Project 2).
– Look at the project start screen and show the Browser tab on the left.
– In the Browser tab, browse to the location of your original project (Project 1.pod).
– Drag Project 1.pod over to Project 2’s “Contents-Arrangements, Sounds” section.
– Your arrangements etc. should get automatically imported.
– Hit Save.
– Exit Podium, then restart and see if this one crashes.
If it does seem okay, check your arrangements, effects etc. were fully imported intact.
If that doesn’t work, then you might want to try resetting Podium. If you can start the program at all, use Setup menu > Restore default setup. Or if you can’t start the program, backup your project folders, then maybe uninstall and reinstall Podium Free and try opening the project again.
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