• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  re-install….error, now compressor won’t open…

  Posted by Joe Procopio on November 1, 2007 at 6:25 pm

  i re-installed FCP Studio 2 and now I get an error installing this software, please try again…try again and same error message.

  i followed the correct uninstall procedure, trashing the programs, and throwing out the stuff in the receipts folder…ayone have an idea why this is happening? any way to just install compressor? all other FCP programs run fine…

  i did a search and found the post about compressor not launching, but didn’t help much. Are there any other items that need to be deleted for compressor to install correctly? I thought I got everything….

  Joe Procopio
  Broadway Video
  Editor/Engineer
  DS Nitris, Symphony Nitris, Media Composer, Final Cut Pro

  Todd Gillespie replied 18 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Joe Procopio

  November 1, 2007 at 7:00 pm

  well, after a little more searching….i found a BUNCH of other files and folders that need to be deleted for Compressor to be re-installed…of course everything else in the suite installed nicely…I’ll try to re-install this and see if it works….but again, how can i just re-install compressor and not everything else?
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  Todd Gillespie

  November 1, 2007 at 7:35 pm

  Hi Joe,

  compressor is on the DVDSP DVD.
  Start with the DVDSP disk and only ‘check’ Compressor in the custom install options.

  Cheers,

  Todd at UCSB
  Television Production
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  Joe Procopio

  November 6, 2007 at 7:09 pm

  fixed…thanks although i couldn’t reinstall ONLY compressor…didn’t see any such options with FCP Studio 2/DVD SP install disk
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  Ginny Patrick

  December 3, 2007 at 9:36 pm

  I’m having a similar problem reinstalling Compressor after uninstalling FCP Studio 2. Could you tell me what other files you found that needed to be deleted? I followed the list of items to throw away, but I’m curious what I might have missed. Much obliged.
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  Todd Gillespie

  December 3, 2007 at 11:55 pm

  This is from the great Shane Ross

  #39 How to uninstall FCP 5

  Shane’s Stock Answer #39 – How to uninstall FCP 5

  Here’s the way to do it:

  1) Close FCP
  2) Go to: /users/username/library/preferences/
  a. Delete the com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist
  b. Delete the FCP User data folder.
  3) Go to: Applications
  a. Delete FCP application
  b. Delete FCP HD addition easy setups folder.
  4) Go to: /library/applicaton support/fcp system support/
  a. Delete Custom Settings folder
  b. Delete Plugins folder
  5) Go to: /library/receipts/ and delete the following:
  a. AnalogPAL.pkg
  b. AppleIntermediateCodec.pkg
  c. DigitalPAL.pkg
  d. DVCproHDCodec.pkg
  e. FinalCutPro.pkg
  f. FinalCutproHDUpdate4.5.pkg
  g. FinalCutProHelp.pkg
  h. HDVCodec.pkg
  i. IMXCodec.pkg
  j. Uncompressed422.pkg
  k. VideoOutSupport.pkg

  If you want to reinstall it:

  6) Insert the FCP 5.0 upgrade disk and re-install.

  7) Run the OSX Disk Utility
  a. Select the OSX drive
  b. Repair the Disk Permissions.
  c. Reboot.
  8)Run Software update to get back to the current version.

  Good Luck,

  Todd at UCSB
  Television Production

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