Final Cut Studio bundled with QuickTime 7?

[David Spicer]

System Requirements
Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) or G5 processor; HD features require 1GHz or faster single or dual processors
512MB of physical RAM; HD features require 1GB of RAM or more (2GB recommended)
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4 (or later)
>>>QuickTime 7.0 or later<<< 1GB of disk space required to install application; additional 10GB required to install all optional templates, loops, content and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks) DVD drive for installation. I don't think you can really use FCP without having QT Pro, and it needs QT 7? Tho just my thought Dave

[Bill Lee]

Dave Spicer said:
> “I don’t think you can really use FCP without having QT Pro, and it needs QT 7?”

In all versions of FCP up to and including v4.5 you didn’t have to have QuickTime Pro installed to edit (but you may have needed particular versions of QuickTime installed), although some export operations may have needed it but I haven’t ever found ones that did. I’ve installed FCP many times without putting in the registration code for QuickTime Pro and its always been fine without it. Has anyone else experienced operations that have actually required the registration code installed before some feature is enabled in FCP?

Where QuickTime Pro becomes really useful is in preparing media for easy import and editing, especially using Applescript to automate conversions. Compressor could also be useful in managing media conversions for input into FCP.

Bill Lee