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QT 7 ok with FCP 4.5?
Gurus:
I’m a one man band working in a government situation. Read: no budget for new hardware or software this year.
I’ll be living with a Dual 1.4 G4 Mirror Door and Medea SCSI drive for the foreseable future, so I need to make the most of this set up.
Currently FCP 4.5 OSX 10.3.7 QT 6.5.2 Pro – and a graphics card that doesn’t qualify for Motion, so I won’t be be upgrading to the Studio package for a while.
I think I’d like to get to OS 10.3.9 and QT 7. Googling around I can’t confirm if that’s the best (or latest) combo for FCP 4.5.
Is anyone sucessfully using this config..? Any disadvantages ..? Better to go to OS 10.4…?
I’ll pay the QT 7 license and maybe the Tiger upgrade out of my own pocket if it boils down to that. I want the newer export options.
Thanks in advance
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Some times Google is >not< your friend. Most of the info found there relates to issues from July of last year. However, a detailed search on this forum finds one more recent post that suggests the "current recommended" congif for FCP 4.5 is OSX 10.3.8 and QT 6.5.2. Is that the concensus opinion? If that's so, I may not be in bad shape. thanks again -
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Whatever you do, don’t make the mistake of installing QT 7.0.4 on any computer. Apple has pulled it, and it cost me three days dealing with various issues it created.
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I have been using QT 7.0.4 without any problems on my G5 dual since it was released. The only problem is the lag time caused by the mpeg2 component loading when fcp is started.
As of last night the 7.0.4 is still available. I updated my G4 yesterday and it was included with the updates.
jmf
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jmf,
All I can say is good luck to you. Apple may have released a fixed version by now, its been a week since they pulled 7.0.4 originally. However, do keep in mind, most of the problems are not with standard operations, the issues only appear when it comes time to output to tape or when exporting from the timeline. Quicktime files created in the broken 7.0.4 were two frames out of sync with exports of self contained movies from previous versions of Quicktime, and an export under 7.0.4 would take three times as long as normal as well. In addition, Edit to tape would not play continously, however, after reverting to 7.0.1 and then upgrading to 7.0.3 (Apple’s posted fix), Edit To Tape of the same material would play continuously. So, if you suddenly encounter these issues don’t say I didn’t warn you.
DRW
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That is a link to 7.0.4, but check out the following links.
https://www.apple.com/support/downloads/quicktime701reinstallerforquicktime704.html
https://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2490
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Interesting, thanks.
The link below may help to resolve questions concerning the current available quicktime 7.0.4 update.
https://www.onedigitallife.com/?p=891
jmf
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Yep, that kinda says it all… It only cost me about five days of my life. Should i bill Apple???
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I’d be a very rich man indeed if I were compensated for bad programming. Soon, software developers will have to face the same consequences as other manufacturers for defective products. Write your representative.
We should all learn to pause before updating/upgrading during critical times. Wait until your project is done and you have the time to play/test before making changes to your work-flow.
jmf
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