[Mark Kenna]

However, although this works and will allow QuickTime to read your XDCAM files, as well as being readable in FCP 7.0.3, you still cannot make your time-line sequence codec XDCAM, as teh link clearly states that the Perian substitute is a read-only codec and not write, hence you cannot write or create XDCAM files. I’m working in a ProRes time-line for now, but this obviously isn’t ideal. Anyone have a solution, or can upload (WeTransfer/email to me) the original Snow Leopard 6.3 C:/Library/QuickTime component files(such as XDCAM /HDV component files?

Thanks in Advance,
MAK

[Mark Kenna]

I also had a similar problem to most people here. Cannot playback XDCAM files after upgrading from 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard 10.6.8. I called Apple who suggested a fresh install of Snow Leopard without upgrading the ‘ProApps QuickTime Codecs 1.0.3’ and copy the contents of the Library/QuickTime form the fresh install into my QT library. However, I decided to seek the file(s) that is the cause which is the AppleHDV.Component file. I copied the faulty one to my desktop (so I had a backup) and downloaed:

PerianXDCam.component.zip -> PerianXDCam.component
PerianHDV.component.zip -> PerianHDV.component

from this website: https://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/164630.html

Once unzipped, copy into the Library/QuickTime folder and this should solve your problem, until Apple and Sony resolve this issue.

Good Luck,
MAK