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  • Cinema desktop preview doesn’t work! in FCP HD

    Posted by Zach Fay on June 3, 2005 at 4:54 pm

    Hi you wizzes!
    I got a new G5 Dual 2.3 with 1.5G of ram. and am running a super small project in FCPHD. Each time I try to preview the timeline edit in the full screen mode, it just shows us the first frame from the selection and freezes there. No sound just a still frame. What can I do? I thought these new babies were supposed to be made for video.

    Fx Bear replied 21 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Tom Wolsky

    June 3, 2005 at 5:18 pm

    Using 10.4? There’s a problem there.

  • Zach Fay

    June 3, 2005 at 5:23 pm

    what do you mean? There is a problem running 10.4 and FCP HD? Do I have to go FCP5 for the display option? I read another post about the same problem but all i get are speculations. Nothing is resolved. My CPU is brand new and just installed FCP. This project is the first that I work on.
    Thanks

  • Tom Wolsky

    June 3, 2005 at 5:30 pm

    There seems to be a problem with FCP4.5 and desktop cinema under Tiger, though it may be a QT7 problem, I’m not sure.

  • Michael Horton

    June 3, 2005 at 5:31 pm

    Have you upgraded to 10.4.1?

    Michael Horton
    lafcpug
    https://www.lafcpug.org

  • Zach Fay

    June 3, 2005 at 5:55 pm

    Yes I have upgraded to 10.4.1. What’s QT7? I am not a pro in the video codec lingo.
    Zach

  • Zach Fay

    June 3, 2005 at 5:56 pm

    Yes I have upgraded to 10.4.1
    Zach

  • Fx Bear

    June 3, 2005 at 6:08 pm

    The issue seems to be related to Quick Time 7. I visited the Apple website and went to the discussions. From what I read it apparently has to do something with a missing desktop component file. There is a sollution to this, though somewhat akward. Place your mouse cursor over the play button in the canvas. Don’t move the mouse or anything. Next press Command-F12 then click on the mouse. This issue is non-existent in FCP 5. Let me know if this works.

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