FCP 4.5/MBP/Leopard conflicts?

[Paul Dickin]

Hi
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2679
Final Cut Pro 4.5 and earlier versions are not supported on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 and later are supported on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

[Tom Wolsky]

Apple does not support the use of QuickTime 7.3 or later on FCP versions prior to 5.1. The minimum version of QuickTime for Leopard 7.3.x.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Michael Brown]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for knowledge I don’t have and trust, but if that’s so, why is it that everything works perfectly except the Video Playback on an external screen? My FCP 4.5 HD runs perfectly on my MBP 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 10.5.5. This goes for Tom’s reply about Quicktime as well: I upgraded to the latest QT as soon as it came out, even on my previous PB G4 and I experienced no QT conflict whatsoever. What’s the mystery?

Michael Brown

[Michael Brown]

I should maybe add that I had to readdress the new graphic card to get FCP 4.5 to display. I found that on the Cow forum as well and it was effective and took a few clicks to solve. That was the only other conflict I’ve faced.

Michael Brown

[Tom Wolsky]

It’s not a mystery. There was a change in QuickTime and it no longer supports video editing applications that are not written for Intel machines. The same thing happened in Tiger. The last version of Tiger 10.4.11 only used the newer versions of QuickTime and do not work with older versions of the editing software.

Perhaps Digital Cinema Desktop is the only thing you’re seeing that’s broken, but believe me there are other things as well, particularly capturing and other processes that work with some FireWire devices.

If you don’t want to upgrade your editing software you need to backslush your OS and QuickTime to version 10.4.10 or earlier and QuickTime 7.2 or earlier.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Michael Brown]

Thanks Tom.

That’s not the best of news but it sounds reasonable and like I have to live with it and have been otherwise lucky. Should I understand that Previewing (or Video Playback in FCP) is QT-based?

Can you give me a hint towards upgrading in my situation? I’m sharing an FCP Studio license that my Dad bought in California in 2004 (FCP 4.5 HD, DVDSP3 & Soundtrack) but I’m based in Hamburg Germany and the installation disks are in California. Can I use my license number to upgrade online right up to FCP 6 (and why not DVDSP4 while I’m at it) and will Apple send me a .dmg or something like that online to upgrade without snail mail getting in the way? Is this going to be expensive, and can I jump from 4.5 to 6 without upgrading to the whole Studio 2?

Thanks for being so fast and on the ball! Isn’t this supposed to be Saturday?

Michael Brown

[Steve Eisen]

Sharing a license is violating Apple’s agreement. FCP 6 is not a available as a stand alone application. You need to purchase the full version of Final Cut Studio 2 ($1299).

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Michael Brown]

Steve,

I beg to differ. When my Dad purchased the Final Cut Studio from a certified Apple dealer in 2004, he informed me that he added my name as co-owner of the software (I saw that on paper at the time), and that he was instructed that we were both entitled to install and use it. Furthermore, my software license number is registered to my name, and I used that registration when I switched just recently from my G4 to my MBP. So to the best of my knowledge, where am I violating Apple agreements? It’s even quite likely that my Dad (74) never even installed the software on his own computer, but I’ll be sure and ask.

Is this irrelevant to your statement that I cannot upgrade from my current 4.5 HD version of FCP?

I’m 50, in the film industry since 30 yrs, and I can assert that both my father and I know better than to breech agreements like that. If you know more than I think I do, please be kind to fill me in. In the mean time, I still haven’t found a solution to a problem I obviously share with others.

Thanks and regards,

Michael Brown

[Tom Wolsky]

You obviously have not read the EUA license. It absolutely states that there can only be one end user and owner of the software. The software can be installed on two machines, a desktop and a laptop, both owned by the same person. There is absolutely no sharing of a license. You were misinformed.

Leaving that aside. You can only upgrade to the full FCS2 studio. You’ll have to check what the current rate for that is, but it’s not cheap. It’s not a download. The Studio suite needs 55G of space to install. You do not need the old discs or even the old software installed; you just need the serial number.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”