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Compressor 3.0.2 not working with QT 7.3
This one is a bit complicated and appears to be related to an After Effects issue with QuickTime 7.4 (See After Effects threads.) In order to render After Effects CS3 comps I had to downgrade QT from 7.4 to 7.3, a simple process that required a reinstall of Leopard. However as soon as QT 7.3 was installed I discovered my compressor app in Final Cut Studio 6.0.2 no longer seemed to work. Exporting to compressor launched blank windows. Thinking my Leopard reinstall might’ve deleted something crucial to compressor, I used AppZapper to remove compressor and then re-installed all 8 disks of Final Cut Studio (it wouldn’t let me install only compressor). This did not solve the compressor problem. Am I missing something here? The only thing that seems to be different is my running compressor with an older version of QT. When I export a sequence to compressor the app launches but no windows appear. I can manually open the Inspector, destination, settings and preview windows but nothing is there. My suspicion here is a snowball effect from Adobe and Apple not talking to each other over the QT 7.4 upgrade. Unless there’s something else going on that I’m unaware of. All I want is my apps to live in peace so I can get some work done.
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Thanks for the link. It did point out several files that AppZapper missed when I deleted Compressor for a reinstall. Unfortunately it still doesn’t help. I deleted all Compressor, Qmaster and Motion files per the tech doc, then had to reinstall all 8 disks of Final Cut Studio 2 (once more, it wouldn’t let me install only Compressor; instead I had to install everything all over again). Even the older install version of Compressor (3.0) doesn’t work, which leads me to think it has nothing to do with using QuickTime 7.4 but is something else entirely. At this point I don’t know what to do except backup all my files, erase the hard drive, and reinstall Leopard and all my apps, updating everything except QT which I should keep at 7.3 if I want to render After Effects comps. Anyone has any other suggestions perhaps? I’m running a dual 3GHz Mac Pro with 8GB of RAM so speed and memory should not be a factor.
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That’s your best bet. It sucks but it should work. And you can install just compressor, just uncheck all the other media (final cut, motion and all the software will reinstall, but that stuff is light, just don’t reinstall all the media and templates).
Jeremy
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