FCP 5.1.2 won’t open

[Izoneguy]

Check you QT version

[Walter Biscardi]

Search down below, this was covered a few days ago.

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[Walter Biscardi]

Here’s the thread, one of these suggestions should work. Quicktime shouldn’t be an issue because you needed to install QT 7.1.3 just to install FCP 5.1.2.

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=8&postid=907340&pview=t#head

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Jeremy Garchow]

got any third party plug ins installed? Zaxwerks is known to give issues.

Start removing 3rd party plug ins and add them back on by one and launch FCP after you add them, then quit FCP until FCP doesn’t open. Then you’ll know which plug in it is.

Also, check this:

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304456

Jeremy

[David Eells]

Hey Everybody

Thanks for your posts. Here’s what worked for me:

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304477

I took all the 3d party stuff out of the \libray\quicktime folder

For me it was the following:

3ivx D4 4.5.1 for OSX
Blackmagic Codec.component
Blackmagic RT Color Correction.component
Blackmagic RT Dissolves.component
Blackmagic RT Image Control.component
CanonMJPEGAVI.component
CineLoaderComponents.component
CineWaveComponents.component
DivX 5.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component
InstantMediaOSX.lib
Media100 HD.component
Media100.component
MotionTrial.component
TSCC.component

Final Cut loads now, but I don’t know which of the above is causing the problem.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Budrick21] “Final Cut loads now, but I don’t know which of the above is causing the problem.”

Just keep adding them back one by one and keep re-launching FCP until it crashes. My guess is the CineWave, Canon or Divx.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[David Eells]

Hey there, Walter, you were correct. It was CanonMJPEGAVI.component that was the culprit.

Bad, Canon, bad!

Everything seems fine now.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Budrick21] “Hey there, Walter, you were correct. It was CanonMJPEGAVI.component that was the culprit.

Bad, Canon, bad!

Everything seems fine now.”

Glad you found it. Definitely the way Apple is reading the codecs and plug-ins has changed so that is definitely affecting some systems. Now everyone just need to catch up with updates.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[David Eells]

A quick update – these Avid components are also causing the problem:

AvidAVDJCodec.component
AvidAVUICodec.component

[Walter Biscardi]

[Budrick21] “AvidAVDJCodec.component
AvidAVUICodec.component”

Yeah, people caught those the first day in other threads down below. Kind of fun making the “evil empire” codecs not work. 🙂

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters