[David Godwin]

yea I know I needed a FCP app. just a little curious as how i couldnt open them when I downloaded the fcp 10 trial. I guess maybe im expecting too much out of my trial FCP 10. maybe when I purchase it it will work.

Just wanted to get some insight before I buy new software. I’m going to buy compressor anyway so it will work eventually.

Thanks for all the info!

[David Godwin]

Thanks for the feedback, but the icon already has the quicktime icon. It basically says when i try clicking on the files that i need a certain component for it to play.

I know it needs the HD DVC Pro codec component which I know FCP 7 comes with. We had used fcp 7 when pulling the footage from the HVX 200. I had no problems opening the files in quicktime on that particular computer we used with FCP 7.

So basically the computer we used for the project could open HD DVC PRO files through quicktime without even opening FCP 7.

I want that to be the case with my personal mac, which as of right now only has the trial version of FCP 10.

I just want to be able to view HD DVC PRo footage without having to go through FCP 10 the whole time. I’m wondering if I can’t view through quicktime because I only have the trial version of FCP X and that the particular component that quicktime needs didn’t come with the trial version?

I know I could probably export all files as Apple Pro Res 422 or something so quicktime can read it, but for future reference I would like to know a way around that.

I hope this makes sense…

[David Godwin]

Thanks Shane that makes alot more sense now. Definitely the best description I’ve seen.