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Can’t upload HD footage anymore.
Hello,
I bought my macbook pro back in August of 2009 and have been working since then with Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 My OS was whatever was stocked on the macbook. I have filming and dumping 1080i HD footage from a Sony HD 1000u into Final Cut.
However, a couple months ago I updated my OS to Snow Leopard, and since then I cannot dump HD footage anymore. When I initiate log and capture, I get an error message saying it can’t communicate with the camera. However, when I change the setting on final cut to look for standard DV footage and I set my camera to down convert footage to SD, Final Cut communicates with the camera and captures without any problem without any problem.
People how been telling me that its because I updated to Snow Leopard and that the only solution to my problem is to update my Final Cut to Final Cut X. But I really do not want to do this, because all I have been hearing about the new Final Cut is nothing but bad things and how its basically just an updated iMovie.
Is there any way I can fix my problem without having to update my Final Cut to final cut x?
Thanks,
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15 Replies
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[Douglas Garvey] “and have been working since then with Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 “
Carps, how you’ve been able to work with that version?
I think FC.6.1 is the buggiest FC version ever released.
They released a FC.6.2 few weeks after.[Douglas Garvey] “People how been telling me that its because I updated to Snow Leopard and that the only solution to my problem is to update my Final Cut to Final Cut X”
Open “Software updates”, and update your FC and QT.
rafael -
Is there any other way of updating to 6.2? My final cut was installed with discs that a school teacher friend of mine owned. So I have never registered it or anything, and my friend told me not to update it using the software updates.
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If I’m reading correctly, you do not own the version of FCP on your computer.
If so, you have to pay to play.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
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Yeah I understand. Being a student it’s hard to afford. Although I was planing on saving up for Final Cut X but decided not to until I discovered its similarities to iMovie. Is it still possible to purchase older versions?
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Ebay…
Jerry
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I found a retail license on Ebay for Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Studio 3. If I apply this to my final cut, will it enable me to update my Final Cut 6.0.1 to 7?
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[Douglas Garvey] “I found a retail license on Ebay for Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Studio 3. If I apply this to my final cut, will it enable me to update my Final Cut 6.0.1 to 7?”
Run “Software Update’ and see the stuff available for you (Pro Application Updates, Pro Kits,..).
You won’t need the serial number to install all that.
Update to FC 6.5.
rafael -
I am hesitant to update Rafael because my Final Cut was installed by a professor and I did not register it because I don’t know if the serial number is already registered to him. Which is why I was wondering if purchasing a license for Final Cut 7 and thus changing my serial to that of which I would officially own enable me to update from 6 to 7.
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[Douglas Garvey] “I am hesitant to update Rafael because my Final Cut was installed by a professor and I did not register it because I don’t know if the serial number is already registered to him.”
Software update doesn’t asks whose computer or which number.
Try that, or buy FC.
rafael -
Just buck up and buy FCP on eBay. If you’re planning on being a pro editor, you’ll spend thousands to have and use proper equipment over the years. Get used to it. Now, I wouldn’t hold off on buying FCP on eBay because the prices and demand are going up every day! I bought a sealed Academic version for only $350 a couple weeks ago. I have one workstation that’s still on 6 and since Apple has given me choice for upgrades, I went this route. Only difference in Academic version is that you can’t get upgrade pricing for newer versions. Well, since there will be no more upgrades to that software, that’s a moot point.
Oh, and I would never buy “a serial number” online. I would look for a new, sealed, and never installed version if I were you. I’ve seen some crazy crap like “I have it installed on ONE machine so since it’s allowed to be installed on two, you are buying the licsense for the other machine”. Not good!
Tony Brittan
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