Compressor doesn't work in panther... at DVinfo.net

Nik Hanselmann · October 29th, 2003, 07:55 PM

Hi,

I did an archive and install of Panther on my 10.2.8 DP 1.25ghz G4. Everything has worked fine since I upgraded, except for the fact that the "Export to compressor" is greyed out. When I try and start compressor externally it instantly quits. All my other programs work...

Do I have to reinstall FCP 4? If I had to, how would I uninstall it? Should I just delete the things in /Applications and that will be that?

thanks

Jeff Donald · October 29th, 2003, 07:57 PM

Make sure QuickTime is serialized for QT Pro

Nik Hanselmann · October 29th, 2003, 08:03 PM

Quicktime is Pro'd

Nik Hanselmann · October 29th, 2003, 08:19 PM

I fixed it!

I copied

/Library/StartupItems/Qmaster
/Library/Frameworks/Compressor.framework
/Library/Frameworks/MediaServerAPI.framework
/Library/Frameworks/Qmaster.framework
/Library/Frameworks/AECore.framework

from /Previous Systems to /Library

and everything works!

Kray Mitchell · October 30th, 2003, 10:05 AM

Thank you for the tip on this. I know a few brave souls that did the upgrade right away as well. They are not having any problems as of yet (Even though they have a FireWire Drive attached!)

I will let some people know about this if they are having this problem as well.

Jeff Donald · October 30th, 2003, 10:13 AM

I noticed that on one of the Clean Installs I did the entire frameworks folder did not get copied. But that machine didn't have FCP 4 on it, so I didn't have that problem.

Andrew Hogan · December 19th, 2003, 02:46 AM

This just happened to me too ie. Compressor was "greyed out" in FCP and wouldn't launch from the Dock. I'm not sure why, perhaps because I had to recently re-install OS 10.3 again after Disk Doctor killed my Panther. Maybe newer versons of Nortons (that work) should be called "Disk Vet".
I also had just installed the FCP 4.1.1 update, Live Type update, etc. Probably I just hadn't noticed Compressor wasn't working for the past 2 weeks.

Anyway if this happens to anyone else the cure is:
just reinstall COMPRESSOR again from your backed up CDR copy of CompressorUpdate1.1.pkg

October 29th, 2003, 07:55 PM	#1
Nik Hanselmann New Boot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: sacramento, california Posts: 18	Compressor doesn't work in panther... Hi, I did an archive and install of Panther on my 10.2.8 DP 1.25ghz G4. Everything has worked fine since I upgraded, except for the fact that the "Export to compressor" is greyed out. When I try and start compressor externally it instantly quits. All my other programs work... Do I have to reinstall FCP 4? If I had to, how would I uninstall it? Should I just delete the things in /Applications and that will be that? thanks

October 29th, 2003, 07:57 PM	#2
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	Make sure QuickTime is serialized for QT Pro __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 30th, 2003, 10:05 AM	#5
Kray Mitchell New Boot Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 18	Thank you for the tip on this. I know a few brave souls that did the upgrade right away as well. They are not having any problems as of yet (Even though they have a FireWire Drive attached!) I will let some people know about this if they are having this problem as well. __________________ iThink, therefore iMac ---------------------------------------------------- www.emotiondv.com DV Discussion for the rest of us

October 30th, 2003, 10:13 AM	#6
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	I noticed that on one of the Clean Installs I did the entire frameworks folder did not get copied. But that machine didn't have FCP 4 on it, so I didn't have that problem. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

October 29th, 2003, 08:03 PM	#3
Nik Hanselmann New Boot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: sacramento, california Posts: 18	Quicktime is Pro'd

October 29th, 2003, 08:19 PM	#4
Nik Hanselmann New Boot Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: sacramento, california Posts: 18	I fixed it! I copied /Library/StartupItems/Qmaster /Library/Frameworks/Compressor.framework /Library/Frameworks/MediaServerAPI.framework /Library/Frameworks/Qmaster.framework /Library/Frameworks/AECore.framework from /Previous Systems to /Library and everything works!

December 19th, 2003, 02:46 AM	#7
Andrew Hogan Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Canberra AUSTRALIA Posts: 169	This just happened to me too ie. Compressor was "greyed out" in FCP and wouldn't launch from the Dock. I'm not sure why, perhaps because I had to recently re-install OS 10.3 again after Disk Doctor killed my Panther. Maybe newer versons of Nortons (that work) should be called "Disk Vet". I also had just installed the FCP 4.1.1 update, Live Type update, etc. Probably I just hadn't noticed Compressor wasn't working for the past 2 weeks. Anyway if this happens to anyone else the cure is: just reinstall COMPRESSOR again from your backed up CDR copy of CompressorUpdate1.1.pkg