DVD Studio Pro must be serialized first......

OK.... this is super bizarre. I've used Quicktime to export MPEG-2's for time beyond memory. However, we purchased an additional license of FCP Studio.... so I deleted all the ID files off of this machine and entered the newer serial number when I was prompted.... serializing all of my FCP Studio apps. Now whenever I try to export MPEG-2 files out of Quicktime I get this oh-so-lovely error:
DVD Studio Pro must be serialized first in order to run Quicktime MPEG Encoder.
Isn't that grand?
Now I realize that I could go through the painful and very lengthy steps of finding all of the FCP Studio files, preferences, support files, etc. and chucking them.. and then go through the nice, lengthy 2 hour install and put everything back on... however, I see this as very un-Maclike... has Apple truly made the FCP Studio ownership experience this tedious? This reminds me oh so much of my.... ahem... Winbloze experiences.
Anyone have a solution for this besides doing the standard solution that Windows users have to go through when something breaks? (aka reinstalling bloody everything and hoping to **** that it actually works?)

Have you just opened DVD SP and re-entered the serial number?
If not then do so, if DVD SP isn't installed then install it, then open it and input the serial number, that's all it's asking for.
The Mpeg 2 encoder is part of the DVD SP's install and activated when DVD SP is launched and serialized.

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Have you just opened DVD SP and re-entered the serial number?
If not then do so, if DVD SP isn't installed then install it, then open it and input the serial number, that's all it's asking for.
The Mpeg 2 encoder is part of the DVD SP's install and activated when DVD SP is launched and serialized.

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Hey. I recently got DVDSP4. I was using the much older DVDSP1.5 without any problems.
anyway. My problem is, whenever I try to export into an mpeg2 file it gives me this lame serial message....
"DVD Studio Pro must be serialized first in order to run Quicktime MPEG Encoder"
I did a search, and it seems others have ran into this same problem. but there was no solution that I read....
I have quicktime pro 7, but am editing with the very old final cut pro 3.
however, even exporting into a seperate .mov and quitting FCP3 all together, and just trying to export directly from quicktime does not work.
is there any straight answers for this problem? other people have encountered it too obviously....
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Since you have DVDSP4, I don't understand why you can't just use Compressor rather than exporting MPEG2 from QT Player.

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No Joe, but I've not really tried anything. I have no immediate need for DVD Studio. I thought I maye have had a bad disk but if you have the same issue it might be a problem with the installer script.
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I teach TV Broadcasting at a high school. We are using iMac G5s and eMacs to run Final Cut Studio. We have a classroom license for all of the programs in the suite, but whenever I try to export (either in Final Cut or in Quick Time) to MPeg2, I get an error message stating that this is not allowed until DVD Studio Pro 4.0 is "serialized." What does this mean and how do I do it? When I installed the suite, I entered the license number that came with the software. Is there some other serial number that I need to enter, and if so, how do I do this now that everything is installed. All of the programs in the suite are apparently fully functioning, with the exception of exporting to MPeg 2.

Actually it does work, and it does make sense.
The mpeg2 output option is a feature now associated with DVD Studio Pro, not compressor or FCP.
Try this. Somewhere in one of your libraries there's file called FCP.reg.pref or something. Delete that file, then launch Final Cut Pro. You'll have to re-register, just like when you first installed. Same thing with DVD Studio Pro.
If your FCP can't find this file, you won't be able to export as mpeg2. If you haven't installed DVD Studio Pro at all, you can't export to mpeg2. If you haven't launched DVD Studio Pro yet, you have to make sure it has opened to create that preference file. If you have launched it, you need to make sure you didn't move the preference file.

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OK .. this is my first time using DVD Studio Pro. Before this I have always used IDVD for my Final Cut Projects, but I now need to branch out!
I've hit a bit of a brick wall. I've watched the video tutorials and tried to read the instruction manual, but it's heavy going!!!.. can someone help me get over the hump?
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- I'm sure that it's obvious and a silly question.. but for a rookie like me who's trying to figure this out from scratch it's not easy!
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Steve.
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Steve
Back in my menu I see 8 buttons. In my timeline I have 18 chapters. How do I transfer my 18 chapters over to my menu so that I have 18 buttons each one representing a chapter?
You can duplicate your 8 buttons menu so many time as you need to include your 18 chapters, creating a simple new button to navigate through Chapter Menu1, Chapter Menu2, etc.
Or you can duplicte&resize buttons to fit more of them in a single menu, but 18 button chapters could be too much for a comfortable navigation.
Thanks for any advise!!.. also if anyone has a good 'idiot's guide' for ex iDVD people moving to DVD Pro then I'd really appreciate it!
You can use the Search feature in this forum and almost for sure you'll find any answer you need, in particular for basic stuff.
You can visit Drew13's site [DVD Step by Step|http://www.dvdstepbystep.com] for some good tutorials, and Drew13 uses to stay tuned here to help you too!
And sometimes Google helps too !
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303184 Trash the files... then re-enter the serial number with new one when asked.
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kkita75 wrote:
Thats the version I have on my laptop,sorry !
Well, there never was a Final Cut Studio 9. So I'm still confused. What version is listed on your disk?
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