5.1 to 5.1.2 and back: need help

[Michael Sacci]

Is there a reason you don’t want to update to the .2, if you have 5.1 all you have to do is download the patches.

[Robinson] “When will fcp make backward compatibility a reality??” This a real workflow issue when dealing with freelance editors but I really don’t see this happening anytime soon.

[Robinson]

I have a G4, with mac OS X, version 10.4.7, with dual 1.25 GHz and 1.25 GB of memory. Would the 5.1.2 be compatible with my system? The last time the person who installed the 5.1 told me not go go higher, hence my query.

Also how do I download ‘patches’? I m not sure what it means as I have never done this before. Is there a site that can walk me through the steps.

Thanks Sacci

[Robinson]

also the quicktime version that I have is 7.0.4

[Jeremy Garchow]

If you are already at 5.1, you should just update to 5.1.2 and save yourself some hassle.

Sys requirements are here:

https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs.html

Jeremy

[Steve Eisen]

FCP is backwards compadible via XML! So yes, you can open your the 5.1.2 project in 5.1.

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Phillip Van west]

The requirements that approve your G4 for FCP 5.1.2 (via JeremyG’s link) make this a no-brainer, really. Just upgrade. You won’t look back.
Version 5.1.2 introduced some fairly impresssive improvements – it really should have been called 5.2…but I digress…go ahead and upgrade (but first make copies of your 5.1 project files so if want to go back to 5.1, you’ll have them and not blame me). Project files are NOT backward compatible, even between 5.1 and 5.1.2. But the 5.1 files should update just fine when you open them the first time. Hope that helps.

pvw

Phil Van West
Terra Nova Productions
Denver, CO
Video Production/Post-Production

G5 DP 2.5GHz / 4.5 GB RAM / OS 10.4.8 / FCP 5.1.2 / QT 7.1.3

[Miodrag Ristic]

Or just Print to Tape ypur sequence in 5.1.2 and then
capture it in 5.1,

… or even better, export your sequence as a Qucik Time Movie
(current settings, selfcontained) and transfer it to yout
G4 with 5.5

Cheers

Mick

[Andy Gallagher]

Slightly tangiental – had some issues with XMLs in Final Cut (randomly breaking, mislinking media, etc.) – most recent one was that the XMLs appeared to work up to the point where there was a freeze-frame, then broke, splitting the sequence into about 3 parts and spraying media everywhere. I’m on v 5.1, do you have any ideas to make it less hit-and-miss?

Cheers