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Known issue with FCP3 on G5 solved
I just wanted to post this solution for people running fcp3 on a G5 or older, because I know many, undoubtedly, are having this same issue.
This will fix the issue of RT playback being ridiculously low in final cut pro 7. credit to Smudo at https://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-755629.html
I have the same Problem with g5 Quad 6 gb Ram & Geforce6600
The good& better RT Settings in the Timeline are grayed out.
I look any hours around in the Final Cut Contents Tree and find a solution for this.The Problem is: FCP7 can´t detect the correct RT Settings for the Quad ppc Cpu´s and so FCP runs unter lowest RT Quality.
The Solution is very simple.
go in the Final Cut File in the Application Folder(right click and choose Show Package Content)
Then got into the Folder Content/Resources/Non-Localized Settings/FXScripts/Enablers and open the File “RT Software Enabler.txt with TextEdit.This File gives Final Cut the information about the differnt CPU Types.
And you can see: there is no ppc Support!Now change in the Line 34 ( i think it was 34) cpuspeed from 2330 to 2500 (for a quad g5) and change in the same line cpu type from “cputtype_x86” to “cputtype_ppc” and from “&& x8664bit” to “&& ppc64bit” (this is on the end of the line.)
When you made this changes and save it, Final Cut think your g5 quad ppc CPU is cpuclass 22. And this is very good!
Restart Final Cut and change your RT Settings in the Timeline to highest!
BTW: i work with this option since 2 Weeks every Day with FCP7 on a ppc without Problems, everything is Working (without AVCIntra)
note: if you are running a different type of g5 or g4, be sure to adjust the setting accordingly.
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Please answer this Cade, when upgraded, did you do a fresh install from the ground up, or did you install over the top of FCS2?
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Then next question is how do you run FCS3 aka FCP7 on a G5?
I thought FCS3 was Intel only?Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
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I did both actually. The first time was install over, using a install hack to bypass the OS checker. That worked fine for me, but others have found using Pacifist to install works better. I used Pacifist to do a clean install also, and it worked flawless (on a G5 quad), so long as you fix the RT profiler to recognize the g5. Besides that, I’ve had no issues with FCP, compressor, or soundtrack pro. The rest I haven’t tried, but have heard works also.
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[Scott Sheriff] “Then next question is how do you run FCS3 aka FCP7 on a G5?
I thought FCS3 was Intel only? “Good catch Scott, that went right past my radar.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Its interesting that this works, but it sounds like a lotta work!
It is very cool we have experimenters out there, but me, I’d rather spend that time editing.Scott Sheriff
Director
SST Digital Media
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I upgraded to a Mac Pro last year and then played around with FCP 7 on my G5 before I sold it. Mostly just to see if I could….
It was not very hard to get it working. Instead of editing that file inside the app package, I just transferred the same file from FCP 6 and everything just worked fine.
The real issue, is that you really can’t make effective use of ProRes in HD on a G5 (ProRes in SD works fine). I could not capture at all and could not play it back reliably. A Quad might do better than my old Dual 2.0, but its still problematic. If I am not mistaken, I think Gary did some tests and found that the G5 was not playing back at full quality.
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[John Pale] “A Quad might do better than my old Dual 2.0, but its still problematic”
when I had my G5 quad it would not do HD ProRes at all. it always dropped
frames on capture.
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