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Adam Israel Valadez · May 2nd, 2005, 02:41 PM

I heard that quicktime 7 crashes FCP 4.5 and is a nightmare if you are running Pro Tools in conjunction with FCP 4.5. Anybody else hear the same thing? Obviously the Beta testing wasnt done well enough.

Be careful,

Adam Valadez

Rob Lohman · May 5th, 2005, 04:47 AM

It may or may not be true. If you can't afford to not have your tools working
then don't upgrade until bug fixes have come out or enough people have
upgraded without problems. Usually a new product always has some problems
at first release.

Only upgrade if you have the time to fix/re-install your system if it doesn't
work anymore.

May 22nd, 2005, 06:58 PM

I don't know about w/ProTools, but I am running FCP 4.5 and QT 7.0 on a Dual 2.5. Works great. No crashes. It has 4 gigs of RAM ;)

Boyd Ostroff · May 22nd, 2005, 07:03 PM

Apple has posted an update for FCP and the other "pro" applications which is supposed to address some of the problems. There are separate versions for both Tiger and Panther:

http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...acosx1039.html
http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...macosx104.html

But I think Rob's advice is right on target. I'm in the middle of a big project and have no intention of upgrading to Tiger, QT7, FCP5 or even MacOS X 10.3.9 until after it's done. Nothin's broke, so I ain't fixin' it! ;-) Visiting the support forums on Apple's site will give you an idea of the problems which some people are experiencing.

Rob Moreno · May 22nd, 2005, 07:29 PM

Since installing Quicktime 7 I have problems exporting movies to MPEG-4 in compressor. The audio track gets sped up about 150% everytime. Also, sometimes audio tracks from some clips disappear when I export as a Quicktime movie. Very frustrating. I use Pro Tools too, and it seems to work fine with QT 7. No problems exporting audio as as OMF from FCP and importing it into Pro Tools. I'm using Pro Tools LE version 6.9.

May 2nd, 2005, 02:41 PM	#1
Adam Israel Valadez New Boot Join Date: May 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 7	Quicktime 7 I heard that quicktime 7 crashes FCP 4.5 and is a nightmare if you are running Pro Tools in conjunction with FCP 4.5. Anybody else hear the same thing? Obviously the Beta testing wasnt done well enough. Be careful, Adam Valadez __________________ Adam Israel Valadez Austin, Tx

May 5th, 2005, 04:47 AM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	It may or may not be true. If you can't afford to not have your tools working then don't upgrade until bug fixes have come out or enough people have upgraded without problems. Usually a new product always has some problems at first release. Only upgrade if you have the time to fix/re-install your system if it doesn't work anymore. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

May 22nd, 2005, 07:29 PM	#5
Rob Moreno Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tokyo Posts: 102	Since installing Quicktime 7 I have problems exporting movies to MPEG-4 in compressor. The audio track gets sped up about 150% everytime. Also, sometimes audio tracks from some clips disappear when I export as a Quicktime movie. Very frustrating. I use Pro Tools too, and it seems to work fine with QT 7. No problems exporting audio as as OMF from FCP and importing it into Pro Tools. I'm using Pro Tools LE version 6.9. __________________ Media Kobo Japan

May 22nd, 2005, 06:58 PM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	I don't know about w/ProTools, but I am running FCP 4.5 and QT 7.0 on a Dual 2.5. Works great. No crashes. It has 4 gigs of RAM ;)

May 22nd, 2005, 07:03 PM	#4
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Apple has posted an update for FCP and the other "pro" applications which is supposed to address some of the problems. There are separate versions for both Tiger and Panther: http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...acosx1039.html http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...macosx104.html But I think Rob's advice is right on target. I'm in the middle of a big project and have no intention of upgrading to Tiger, QT7, FCP5 or even MacOS X 10.3.9 until after it's done. Nothin's broke, so I ain't fixin' it! ;-) Visiting the support forums on Apple's site will give you an idea of the problems which some people are experiencing.