Upgrading from fcp 4.5hd to 5.x mid project. AM I CRAZY?

[Blearyeyes]

Oh and I am still on

OS 10.3.9
Dual G4 1.25 MDD
2 Gigs Ram

Daniel R. Shattuck
https://www.ipeace.tv

[Bret Williams]

Probably. But I did it this summer. Almost exact same specs. Dual 1Ghz MDD G4. 1.75 gig RAM. OS 10.3.9. Still can’t find a reason to spend money on Tiger.

[Blearyeyes]

Were you in the middle of a project?

Daniel R. Shattuck
https://www.ipeace.tv

[Bob Roberts]

In short, yes!!!

Unless there is an absolutely compelling feature that you need in 5, finish in your current setup and upgrade later.

[Blearyeyes]

Well as I posted earlier I have to edit some footage in HDV for this project.

Oh well I’ll figure out how to avoid using 5.x

Daniel R. Shattuck
https://www.ipeace.tv

[David Bogie]

[Bret Williams] “Probably. But I did it this summer. Almost exact same specs. Dual 1Ghz MDD G4. 1.75 gig RAM. OS 10.3.9. Still can’t find a reason to spend money on Tiger.”

I posted a contrary view over on apple.com where this exact same question appears. I assumed the MDD specs were a bit underpowered for HDV features. I could be wrong.

If it works, please come back to all of the places you have posted this same question and tell everyone how it went for you.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Jeremy Garchow]

Maybe I’m crazy, but I thought you could down convert your HDV to DV out of the camera (or deck). That way, you won’t be fighting the HDV and DV codec in the same timeline as you would if you upgraded to FCP5. Set FCP 4.5 to capture DV, set your camera or deck to downconvert the HDV to regular DV and you’re in bizzzzz. Also, look in to lumiereHD as I think they had the first solution to capturing HDV before FCP5 was introduced.

Cheers. Hope this helps.

Jeremy

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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2

ATTO 42XS <> Huge Systems 1.25 TB 4105 Fibre

[Bret Williams]

yes. But apparently I didn’t read your first post. I don’t do HDV. I read your own response and that’s what I was replying to. Yes, you’re probably crazy. And yes I did it in the middle of a project. What do people think is going to go wrong in the middle of a project?

Obviously you’ll have to back up your project, and your media should be on another drive. The only risk you’re taking is annoyance. I wouldn’t do it without being prepared to rebuild your system. Which I end up doing about every 8 months or so. Always with a new OS. Backup your important stuff and erase the drive. Install the new OS and all updates. Then start reinstalling your software as needed.

[Michelle De long]

We are having the same issue. There are so many problems with our system, that the techs we talk to say we should upgrade from FCP 4.5 to 5 in the middle our projects. Our system freezes and crashes constantly. This all started with a bad OS crash of 10.3.8. Had to rebuild the OS. Motion, I-Photo and Safari won’t work. Called apple care and they know all about the I-Photo issue and Safari issue but won’t deal with our Motion issue since we did not purchase apple care for the Production Suite. Argh.

Now our external drive, a 2.7 TB Huge array flips out and freezes. We have to send the one project at for approval and can’t even render the color correction. Huge’s answer is replace and switch the scuzzy cables. Been there done that.

Everyone says that we should upgrade to Tiger and FCP 5. We are really stuck. Not sure what to do, but do not have a working system today. One of our projects is Native HD the other is NTSC SD. I feel your pain.

[Max Frank]

I believe HDVxDV is an excellent program that will convert your material to DV so you can continue using your current system.

All the FCP gurus around swear against upgrading mid-project – particularly with FCP5.x & Tiger — and with HDVxDV you may not have to.

Wayne