producer->close = ( mlt_destructor )producer_close;
// Set the default properties
- mlt_properties_set( properties, "resource", colour == NULL ? "0x000000ff" : colour );
+ mlt_properties_set( properties, "resource", ( !colour || !strcmp( colour, "" ) ) ? "0x000000ff" : colour );
mlt_properties_set( properties, "_resource", "" );
mlt_properties_set_double( properties, "aspect_ratio", mlt_profile_sar( profile ) );