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Last minute… other side of the planet… system’s not working
So we did all of our pre-production and production in L.A. Most of our post is finished, but we’re here in London to do our final color pass at the installation. This is a 3D HD production.
Instead of hauling my Mac Pro all the way from L.A. to London, I had the (what I thought) clever plan of cloning my system onto a hard drive, renting a machine and installing my Kona card onto the rental machine. So far so good.
But when I go to open up Final Cut, first I tried booting from the external drive. This worked OK, but when I opened FCP (or any FCS app) it asks for my serial. Ok, so I try to put the serial number in and it won’t take it (this machine is not on the internet, btw).
So then I used the migration assistant. an hour later, I tried to open the app and all I get is bounce-bounce-bounce and then “The application quit unexpectedly.”
Any ideas? We’re supposed to go into the theatre in about 8 hours, I haven’t slept in about 36, and we’re only supposed to be here for three days.
ACK
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Yikes!!!
Sounds like the hardware might be slightly different between your machine and this one in London. If you know anyone in London with FCS install discs I think you should try installing from scratch with your serial number. Or, find a machine or facility with FCP already installed.
You might also try calling Martin Baker at https://www.DigitalHeaven.com in or near London. He’s a wiz.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
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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David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
EPK Colorist – UP IN THE AIR – nominated for six academy awards
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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Thanks! I’ll post something to them right away. Nothing seems to be working, but there is definitely a discrepancy between the machines (sadly, it was the best we could find on short notice!)
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The serial number of an INSTALLED FCP app is tied to the hardware. I know this because when I had a bad logicboard replaced, and I tried to launch FCP, it wanted me to re-enter the serial number. So even though you have the cloned drive, it is tied to the machine.
Shane
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