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P2 component for QT
Hi,
Can anyone shed any light on this problem Im having with P2 MXF files.
Ive captured te files onto my mac using FCP 6 and all is fine. I can view them in FCP or in QT 7 Pro.
However, once I move my portable drive onto my powerbook which I still am using FCP 5 on, the files just go black, no video playback at all, aside from upgrading to FCP 6, does anyone know how I can add a component to QT to make them work? As Id also like them to work on my clients machine without FCP.
Many Thanks
Justin
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4 Replies
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You would need to install FCP on the Powerbook to view these files.
Noah
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Hi,
Thanks Noah, Ive got it working by pasting the components from QT into the powerbook from another powerpc machine.
Basically QT 7.2 doesnt have the latest codecs that FCP6 uses, which seems a little silly of Apple to not include them for Pro users, as this is a real benefit.
So if anyone else has problems, just copy the components folder from any machine using the latest final cut onto your machine and QT can then act as a viewer for the files. Remember its power pc to power pc and intel to intel only!
Thanks
Justin
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I would not recommend this to anyone- picking apart your QT components is not a good idea on technical level and could also be a violation of copyright. If you don’t have the license to install FCP on a machine then don’t count on it for a DVCPROHD viewer.
Noah
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Im certainly not telling anyone to infronge copywright on their products, although personally I find it very grating that Apple dont offer the components for independant install as thats exactly what things like Flip4Mac are offering, and its all that FCP does to your version of QT when you install FCP, without any form of notification I might add.
My reasons for needing to try this is because of the backwards compatibility with FCP, if Apple didnt force this issue then there would be no need for work arounds.
Noah, on your warning of techical issues, quite what trouble you expect to run into by installing components in an extensions folder that are designed and made by Apple developers for this exact reason I dont know. Read developer info and you will find that this is common practice for building new video products that are to be used with QT architecture and it is much more risky to use 3rd party products than using Apple developed components in this way anyway, and that accounts for many plugins for mac in itself, what I shared with other readers of this site is that I moved Apples own components into a folder made for this process. If your suggestions are just go out and buy software and wait until it works then whats the point in half of the posts on this site?
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