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Frank Flynn
October 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Corrupted Quicktime’s created by FCP 7.0.3?

Thanks for this suggestion, wish I’d tried it before reinstalling the entire OS, FCP and 25 other apps. On a whim I plugged the Firewire drive into another Mac and BAM – no “corrupt” files. Turns out the Quicktime files weren’t corrupt, it was my system, or some recent modification to my system, that chose to display certain Quicktime files incorrectly. I went back and tried to isolate recently installed apps, but found it was probably a better idea to wipe my drive and reinstall the OS. Now the Quicktime files are “back” to normal, and I can continue editing.

I really wish I knew what caused this issue so I can avoid it in the future, but I’m glad I got it sorted out. I read in another forum that once Quicktime “corrupts” a file or files, the only way back is a reinstall of the OS. In this case your suggestion may have worked Susannah.

“Started on a Steenbeck, but wouldn’t go back.”
Frank Flynn
August 22, 2011 at 8:18 pm in reply to: Final Cut Pro 7 after Mac OS X Lion 10.7 upgrade

Bumped up to Lion from 10.6.8 and FCP 7 performance was a disaster. I couldn’t navigate along the timeline without “preparing video for display” popping up every time I moved the playhead, and the general response time was exceedingly slow. When I tried to play a sequence, there were drop frames galore, even on clips without filters. I did a fresh install of FCP on top of Lion, and there was no change.

Currently I’m cutting a film shot on the Arri Alexa, using ProRes 4444 files (not proxy) with Nick Shaw’s LUT applied to all, and prior to Lion I could play down unrendered clips without dropping a single frame – so I know it’s not my system.

I wound up backing everything up to an external drive, reformatting my hard drive, reinstalling Snow Leopard and all updates, then reinstalling FCP . A time consuming pain in the ass, but I’ve noticed a small speed boost and most important, Final Cut is humming along.

Bottom line: FCP seems to run flawlessly for some on Lion, while others are experiencing serious issues. I would resist the urge to upgrade, and stay with 10.6.8 if you want to ensure FCP runs as it should.