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Final Cut Pro 7 on a PowerPC
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I see this thread went dead last Christmas, but I’m having the exact same problem – no “Blu-ray” on the Share menu in FCP and no blu-ray burning in Compressor. Otherwise, FCS3 appears to be working fine on my dual G5. Had to jump a few hoops to get there, but it works fine.
Was ANYONE able to do blu-ray burning using this unsupported installation of Final Cut Studio 3 on a PowerPC Mac? I’ve found several posts noting this problem and I assume this is now a known problem, along with the lack of AVC Intra due to that being Intel only. I suppose the ability to encode to H.264 for blu-ray might also be an Intel-only capability?
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hello,
can anyone help me with my G5 2.7 Dual PowerPC
and what i have to modify at RT Software Enabler.txt file to meet my machine
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It is not progress to cut off a section of highly reliable machines. Apple have essentially made cash by writing off edit suites. I run one of the last quads. Would run FCP7 with no problem but has been outmoded by apple. So I have to bin a damn fine machine and buy a new one. It is not progress it is regressive and stupid.
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Get over it Mat, this thread is two years old and this issue is now six years old.
We’re in a whole new decade now… Try it, maybe you’ll like living in the present.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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[Mat Sunderland] “It is not progress to cut off a section of highly reliable machines. “
Sorry for your troubles, Mat, but the writing has been on the wall for the 5-6 years that Apple announced it would be moving to the intel platform. That is a very long time in computer years and that has left plenty of time to get ready for the next stage of purchase. They have supported and dragged this legacy for long enough and have supported multiple platforms/architectures for longer than most (if you were an Adobe user, you would have switched to intel long ago).
Sorry for your troubles, but you shouldn’t feel sorry for yourself.
Jeremy
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Don’t feel sorry for myself just angry that Apple are writing off a perfectly good machine. Old architecture or not and although they are switching to a new platform it matters little. I have been around long enough to understand the speed of change but this is just a way to get you to buy more. Especially as it would seem that FCP7 upgrades are all universal.
With this in mind it is just lack of support. Which means that the machines are not out of date. A 4 year old edit suite is not really in need of changing. It can edit 4K red stuff at roughly the same speed as my other edit suite with a decent drive. Making computers obsolete is not a good way forward for anyone except apple. I think what you misunderstand about me is not my need to upgrade have now gotten FCP7 running on the Quad it is that apple are so ready to destroy machines. Makes me feel like PC is a better option in the long run.
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FCP 7 can run on a PPC if you modify the installer
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I have used pacifist to install FCS3 on my Dual 2.5 PPC G5 but FCS3 programs will not start up. I click on FCS programs and they start to open but then shut down.
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[Christian Towner] “I click on FCS programs and they start to open but then shut down.
“It’s working perfectly, just as it was designed.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.comPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Business & Marketing and Apple Final Cut Pro forums. Formerly host of the Apple Final Cut Basics, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Ben, I used your advice on installing FCS3 with Pacifist but the programs won’t run. Is there anything I can do to make them run?
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