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Quicktime 7.4.1
I recently used pacifist to roll back to 7.3.1 as we were unable to ETT due to QT periodically searching for DRM rights and causing dropped frames. however FCP has become increasingly unstable, taking several minutes to respond when jumping between applications and generally feeling like its running on a g3, not a dual 3ghz quad core with 8GB RAM. im going to do a clean install of 10.4.11 and re-install all the necessary software. does anyone know if 7.4.1 has resolved these issues? ill update to 7.3.1 for now, but any info would be greatly appreciated.
regards
Chris
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I initially had a problem with the AJA IO freezing up, but re-installing the drivers fixed that. 7.4.1 also fixed the AE rendering bug. So far 7.4.1 is working fine with the IO and LH on my dual G5 Power PC, and on my Octocore Intel with the MXO. Your mileage may vary.
Dual 2.5 G5, IO, Kona LH, IO, Medea Raid, UL4D, NVidia 6800, 4Gig RAM
Octocore 8 GB Ram, Radeon card, MBP, MXO
Windows XP Adobe Studio CS3, Vegas 8.0, Lightwave 9.2, Sound Forge 9, Acid Pro 6, Continuum 5, Boris Red 4, Combustion 2008, Sapphire Effects -
You totally missed the seriousness of his question. He DID go back to 7.3.1 and now his system is unstable. Going back to an even earlier verion of QT will only make things worse. Espercially since Apple provides no uninstall utilities.
I re-installed 7.3.1 on one of our systems when an Editor made an unauthorised upgrade to QT7.4; and experienced much pain to get the system stable again.
I beleive that some upgrades to the ProApps require an upgrade of QT and some don’t. So going back several versions of QT would require research to get the right versions of all apps installed and a little luck. Not recommended.
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[Jeff Beaumont] “Going back to an even earlier verion of QT will only make things worse. Espercially since Apple provides no uninstall utilities. “
QuickTime is a CORE component in the OS so there CAN’T be an uninstall utility for it. That would be like having a uninstaller for a OS update. It affects SO MANY things that one CANNOT just simply uninstall it.
[Jeff Beaumont] “re-installed 7.3.1 on one of our systems when an Editor made an unauthorised upgrade to QT7.4; and experienced much pain to get the system stable again. “
You really should be using a non administrator account on any system that you don’t want anybody to change things. Don’t give them the ability to mess it up in the first place.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!
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Ive done a clean install back to 10.4.11 and re-installed FCP and QT up to 7.3.1 hopefully everything will be running smoothly from now on. i would be interested to hear if anyone is still having ETT issues with dropped frames (or even during injest) on 7.4.1 i cant find any info online to suggest that the DRM searching has ceased, implying that the problem is still present. were using a 9TB editshare for storage so dropped frames should not be happening at any point in the process.
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[Dave LaRonde] “The only thing that’s really new in 7.4.1 is that you ran now rent movies on iTunes.”
I agree that the DRM system for rentals introduced in 7.4 is crap both from a pro or a consumer view but this statement is simply untrue. 7.4 and 7.4.1 also plugs a lorry sized security hole in QuickTime streaming which a proof-of-concept of was shown here on january 10th:
https://www.milw0rm.org/exploits/4885
So anybody (like me) is still staying with QT 7.3.1 or older surf with caution and don’t open QT streams casually. I’m waiting for Blackmagic to approve or publish new drivers for QT 7.4.1 and once that’s out I’ll update in a blink of an eye.
cheers
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I just did a project yesterday requiring ETT and ingest with machine control with Betacam and DV footage. No problems or dropped frames with 4.7.1 with the IO at all.
Dual 2.5 G5, IO, Kona LH, IO, Medea Raid, UL4D, NVidia 6800, 4Gig RAM
Octocore 8 GB Ram, Radeon card, MBP, MXO
Windows XP Adobe Studio CS3, Vegas 8.0, Lightwave 9.2, Sound Forge 9, Acid Pro 6, Continuum 5, Boris Red 4, Combustion 2008, Sapphire Effects -
Fu####g Apple. Why in the F##K would they NOT make some kind of statement about it not being compatible with their own products. I was doing fine with my little FCPHD (4.5) and now I have to erase and install everything again. I am pissed as many looong time users are today. I have been avoiding upgrading FCP because I have a PowerBook G4 and everything is going along peachy-keen. Then another standard automated update from Apple (that I have trusted for EVER) goes and screws it all up.
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DUDE CHILL OUT!!!!!
It is widely known that OLD software like yours will have issues with NEW updates to quicktime.
Don’t let technology get in the way of your creativity!
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