[Dunwoody Lampton]

Is your camera on the list of Apple’s hardware-approved devices for Final Cut?

[Dunwoody Lampton]

You didn’t mention what version of Final Cut you are using.
Is it Express or Pro?
Which version?
Which Mac are you running it on?
Is your camera compatible with your version of Final Cut?
Did you check Apple’s website for hardware compatibility?

[Dunwoody Lampton]

https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/resources/supportdevices.php

[Dunwoody Lampton]

I just bought a Tyris (yeah, I never heard of it, either)
17-inch flat-panel LCD monitor for $139.99 at
Fry’s. Works great with my G5. Good luck.
(Of course, I needed a DVI/VGA adaptor.)

[Dunwoody Lampton]

Thanks, Walter.
So much for my Conspiracy Theory.

[Dunwoody Lampton]

Thanks for such quick response! But I think I’ve found the solution:

At various times during the past 2.5 years I’ve had FCE 3.0 and 3.5.1 installed on both a PowerBook and a PowerMac simultaneously, and
used both successfully.

Once in a great while I would get the warning I’ve been struggling
with today, but eventually it would “go away” and all would be well.

For the past two hours I have mounted and unmounted the partitions
on my PowerMac, verified the partitions and repaired those requiring
such.

I’ve disconnected the LaCie drive that contained my video and project
files.

I’ve restarted 12 times.

No luck.

Then, I turned to my PowerBook and noticed that I had opened
FCE 3.5.1 earlier today on it and that it was still running.
I closed FCE on the PowerBook, restarted the PowerMac, opened
FCE on the PowerMac and it worked.

My only conclusion (or guess) is that, because the same
version of FCE with the same serial number was open and
running on both computers at the same time, this was detected
by Apple via the internet, since both were hooked up to
active internet connections at the same time, also.
Thus, Apple is capable and able to send out this warning when
it detects, via the internet, this type of situation exists.
Without the two, simultaneous internet connections on both
the notebook and desktop, how could the desktop version
“know” that the notebook version was running?

If anyone else has a better explanation, I’d love to hear it.

Thanks again, Miriam.

[Dunwoody Lampton]

Thanks Zane. I will look into that.

Just to confirm, I read through the ops manual
and could only find reference to moving the
clip WITHIN THE FRAME, not moving WITHIN
THE PICTURE.

[Dunwoody Lampton]

https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/resources/supportdevices.php

[Dunwoody Lampton]

I use M-peg Streamclip (www.squared5.com) for free, combined with
Apple M-peg 2 Component for $20.

Remember that WMV files are massively compressed.
They are great for transporting to clients for viewing
and approval only, but rotten for pure editing use or
final product.

[Dunwoody Lampton]

An NTSC monitor like my Sony Trinitron (13-inch) works great for me.

You can find many used NTSC monitors on eBay for decent prices.
That’s where I bought mine and I haven’t had any concerns since.