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Avid MC 3.5 and FCP 6 on one machine
Does any one know of any known conflicts if I install Avid MC 3.5 on the same Mac Pro (2.88 Dual Quad Core – 4 GB Ram) as I have FCP 6 already installed?
Any advice is welcome.
Eyal Dimant
Threehead Studios Inc.
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I have done it, but Final cut pro and Avid update in different cycles. My recommendation is to install a second drive, copy everything using Carbon Copy Cloner, and install Avid then.
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hi James,
can you tell, what is the bad thing about “FCP and Avid update in different cycles”? As you mention that it seems there must be any disadvantage about it. What is it?
best regards
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Qualified OS and Quicktime issues. Media Composer 3.5 is qualified with OSX 10.5.5 or 10.5.6 but only Quicktime 7.5. FCP work with both OS fine, and up to QT 7.5 or 7.6. If you have 10.5.5 and QT 7.5, you’re okay for the time being, but since the qualified OS and QT version between these two shift fairly frequently, you’re best off setting up a dual boot setup with one OS optimized for Media Composer and the other optimized for FCP. I’ve set my system up like this, and it works like a champ.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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I see, but normally I wouldn’t need too much QT in Avid, right?
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You’ll need the appropriate version of Quicktime if you plan to export your video for web or DVD compression. I don’t know that it would be a problem if you’re going out to tape since it would be read from Avid’s MXF format, but I could be wrong.
Richard Sanchez
North Hollywood, CA“We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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