Matthew Kurth
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Spending better than $500 to replace hardware that works just fine (and that I only paid $150 for) just because a software revision has removed support is a non-starter.
Maybe if it supported direct U-Matic Dub (Y/C 688) input it might capture my attention.
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I did some more digging around tonight and found the installation files on the Content disc. That’s kind of a strange place for it, but it’s there and it works.
In theory I sort of see why Adobe would drop the support in CS5, as near as I can tell they’re trying to match the feature set between the Windows and Mac versions and I think these drivers were Windows-only. So they would have had to rewrite the driver in 64-bit and add it to the Mac as well at a time when a lot of modern systems are shipping without traditional serial ports.
But it’s still annoying to have a use for a feature and have to discover on the back side that said feature is gone.
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Thank you so much for the quick and thoughtful response!
My copy of CS5 is in fact the Production Premium bundle and looking at my serial numbers I see there is in fact one for CS4 so it looks like I can in fact get there from here. That’s much more than I had expected.
I’ve taken a cursory look at the DVDs and installing the CS4 version so far seems unobvious. Is there something simple I’m overlooking?