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  • Should I just burn it down and buy a new one?

    Posted by Frank L. jr. on December 9, 2005 at 5:15 pm

    Extreme perhaps, but I’m having another problem with my old FCP system. FCP 3 wasn’t recognizing my camera as an external FW source, so I downgraded OSX from 10.3.9 to 10.3.3 (because that was the change that seemed to cause the problem). It will now recognize my camera but FCP won’t give me the option of mpeg-2 export anymore. I tried changing versions of QT, but still no luck. Anybody got any ideas???

    Thanks in advance.

    Frank L. jr. replied 20 years, 8 months ago 5 Members · 8 Replies
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  • Jeremy Garchow

    December 9, 2005 at 5:37 pm

    You must re-enter your quicktime pro number.

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    G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
    ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 4105 Fibre

  • Frank L. jr.

    December 9, 2005 at 5:54 pm

    Not to be an idiot… but where/how?

  • Mark Gringo

    December 9, 2005 at 5:55 pm

    it in QuickTime preference I believe.

  • Gunleik Groven

    December 9, 2005 at 6:11 pm

    You may very well NOT have a working QT-Pro number, as this is automatically inserted/generated when you register FCP (during install).

    It should be somewhere on the regnumber sheet that came with FCP.
    I never made that number work though, but I had bought a QTP license prior to buing FCP, sp I used that.

    To make 4.5 wotk with QT 7, you need to buy a new QTP license…

    Gunleik

  • Jeremy Garchow

    December 9, 2005 at 6:29 pm

    [Gunleik Groven] “You may very well NOT have a working QT-Pro number, as this is automatically inserted/generated when you register FCP (during instal”

    This is true with FCP5 and quicktime 7, but with FCP3 and QT6 you have to manually enter the number. Open quicktime and then open the preferences. I think it’s under the registration button.

    Jeremy

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    G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
    ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 4105 Fibre

  • Frank L. jr.

    December 9, 2005 at 8:20 pm

    Ok… I trashed the FCP Preferences and tried registering the QT. FCP still isn’t giving me the option to export mpeg2?!?!?!

    HELP!!! Any other ideas?

  • Alexander Kallas

    December 9, 2005 at 9:29 pm

    [Frank L. Jr.] “but FCP won’t give me the option of mpeg-2 export anymore.”

    Frank,
    You can get this download from the Apple site WITH a valid FCP key.
    It should also install with DVDSP if you have that.
    QT Pro does not have it.
    Cheers
    Alexander

  • Frank L. jr.

    December 10, 2005 at 2:31 pm

    THANKS everyone for the help!

    I updated the QT and also downloaded FCP 3.0.4 from Apple and now I can export mpeg-2’s again!!!

    Yay!!!

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