FCP 7 and iChat Theatre Preview

[Jason Brown]

Camera attached?

[Shawn Bann]

no camera on my mac pro. is that the reason?

i thought since i was showing the video there wasn’t a need.

if that is the case, i must say i’m disappointed. is the camera doing the video routing?

[Jason Brown]

Not sure how it works…but it requires you to start video chat, no camera…no video chat. Had this issue, vendor bought super cheap USB cam, just to enable…u don’t have to use it.

[Shawn Bann]

bummer it’s based off if you have a camera. guess they are aim towards their ‘prosumer’ audience?

i have a macbook pro, but do most of my editing on my mac pro.

thanks!

[Steve Eisen]

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3672

https://www.rippletraining.com/categories/free-stuff/fs-oldies/fcp-7-ichat-theater.html

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Vice President
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Shawn Bann]

Watched the above links, but still not having any luck.

So the feature works fine on another mac pro running 10.5.8, meanwhile on my home machine (snow leopard) the iChat theatre option is grayed out.

[Jason Brown]

Connected external camera and it’s not working?

[Shawn Bann]

Neither workstations have cameras, but my workstation lets me do engage iChat theatre, whereas
my home system is grayed out. The only differences between the machines s OS version, which according to the above link, shouldn’t be the issue.

[Jason Brown]

Wow…ok

Looks like its out of my knowledge…never experienced…

Good luck. Post back results, I’m interested