David Butterfield
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COW Coins
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DaVinci Coins
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Thanks to all.
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Thank you for replying! Well I do know what the icon looks like as it’s on my Windows toolbar right now and I had it (17) running on this desktop earlier today. When I download DaV 19 or 20 to the Mac Mini I get the installer, run it, get a success window, and an icon on the dock. I punch it and it ask me to run the installer again. I’m beginning to think I missed something on the initial set up, or, as a few others have suggested, either my new Mini or the downloads of Resolve are corrupted somehow. Other factory loaded programs on the Mini dock open normally. Going to keep trying and maybe even go for a Black Friday deal on Adobe stuff, which I have always avoided, but I do need to get this Mac mini up and running for editing on something soon. Thanks to all for any ideas.
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First of all, thank you for responding, very kind of you. The Mini is an M4 but not pro, delivered with Sequoia 15+. No peripherals except mouse and keyboard and data drives if I ever get that far. Other things factory loaded in the dock launch normally, and DaV 20 is the only thing I’ve tried to download and install myself. Everything is normal until it’s on the dock and then, when I punch it, it just asks for the install again with uninstall and the manual in the same window. Of course I tried a number of times, same results. Also thought to try 19 and did that via a link on the BMD support page. Same thing: Normal download and install but it won’t launch in 19 either. Having had 17 on a Windows machine for a few years I know DaV can be sensitive and hang up or crash, but by and large it’s been great for light editing. That’s all I want for this new Mac but am of course frustrated that it won’t even open. Not a computer expert but I will try some things if it means getting this up and running. Also have a ticket in at BMD. Very much appreciate any insights or ideas.
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Thanks, will look into it. Working on this today.
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Key point. I may go ahead with a Time Machine restore. Thanks for your reply.
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Thanks, will look into that.
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Thank you. Much appreciated.
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To those who responded on this thread and others, a big thank you. I do go to the User’s Manuals before coming here and it is clear that one should be able to export from a sequence without the work-around we’ve been discussing. I did find one warning in Compressor’s manual, I think, that suggested a sequence heavy with effects would slow things down. That makes sense but no where is it indicated that Compressor can only prep for a DVD part of the time, and only for short sequences. The extra step of creating an intermediate .mov I do not believe is mentioned in either FCP or Compressor manuals. So we see the value of the COW and the generous and patient people who advise here. Time is the most precious thing of all and this forum saves it. I do use the search features and it often sidetracks you with so many fascinating threads. It certainly is grand, that as frustration mounts, folks are here with support. Meanwhile, we’re still not able to complete an export of this feature length timeline. Short tests of 1 min. from the sequence and from the intermediate do work. The complete show export fails after about 3 hours. We are trying everything and open to suggestions on how to solve this FCP/Compressor problem.
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I am having some problems getting a show out of FCP in that Compressor keeps failing the export Quicktime Error: 0 Meanwhile your reply on this thread brings up a question. If there are multiple formats on the timeline and you want the best quality for every clip, it seems going directly from the Sequence to M2 + aC3 is best because you wouldn’t be converting to all one format and then compressing again. Doesn’t FCP, on a successful export, go back to the original media and therefore save a generation loss for varying clips? OK, that was more than one question. Insights appreciated.
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Subsequent tries a tthis export yield a consistent error message in the Batch Monitor: Quicktime Error: 0 I can now get the audio portion of the export done, but the video concks out after about three hours with the above failure notice. Any insight appreciated.