DON’T install QT 7.4 if you use after effects

[Bjoern Gottwald]

i’ve got the same problem.
there must be a solution.

my hardware is
macbook pro 2.16ghz core 2 duo, 2gb ram

yesterday all worked fine.

[Scott Keck]

Isn’t there an un-installer for Quicktime? I’m not an Apple guy anymore, but can’t you remove the installer, uninstall the program, then try installing the older version?

Improviz in SF

[Austen Mathieson]

I’m using QT for windows and I must say 7 is really bugged. I agree it is not happy with AE.

Mine did uninstall ok but I din’t know about macs.

Austen Mathieson
Austentatious Productions

[Chris Newman]

well, i went through the archive and install process (it seems that’s the only way to downgrade quicktime…just make sure you don’t install 7.4 again as you go through software update. download 7.3.1 from apples site). make sure you don’t throw away your “previous systems” folder. you’ll need that to move certain things like codecs, preferences, preference panes back amongst other things. most everything worked. i had to reinstall stuffit deluxe and font agent pro and things like mouse drivers, etc. this is the first time a software update has bitten me. this needs to be fixed asap and the next update has to say that this issue has been addressed or i’ll be too afraid to install another quicktime update.

i’m rendering as i type and i just passed the 15 minute mark with no crash so i’m assuming it’s fixed and that the problem is in fact QT 7.4

at least i’m rendering again.

[Bill Kelly]

Thanks for the tip. I had the new QT version show up in my Software Update earlier but didn’t install it. Think I’ll wait.

[Jimmy Brunger]

I’m still stuck on QT 7.3.1 aswell…I’ve tried every version of QT after that combined with every available Blackmagic driver for my Decklink and NOTHING works past like BMD 6.4 and QT 7.3.1

I either get no output to Decklink in AE, or Premiere goes screwy and renders loads of noise at the bottom of the picture. It’s annoying, because certain QT codecs won’t work on my PC now and everytime I try to access a webpage that has QT embedded (most tutorial sites!) my browser crashes!

Oh, and I can’t even view the homepage FXGUIDE.COM without it crashing!!

I thought it was a BMD issue, but now I’m not so sure. I’m on a PC aswell.

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[Lex Park]

Thanks for the head’s up on this one. I, too, just got the prompt to upgrade and I canceled out of it. What a mess that would’ve been.

– The Foonshoe

[Twann Hudson]

thanks for the info , i have several projects and can’t afford this problem.

is this just AE CS3 or does some one have the same problem in AE CS2 and lower ?

the real fun begins when the program loads

[Peter Gagnon]

I have tested this out on my machine… luckily didn’t have any problems.

[David Gudelius]

Damn, too late…
this is really serious.

Like you reported, AFX CS3 stops exactly after 10 minutes of rendering.
I removed all QT-components I found on my machine, resetted the PRAM, repaired permissions several times…
nothing, no chance.
Downgrading doesn’t function either without setting up a completely new system.

I reported this bug to Apple; and I’m very curious about when they will react.