FCP 4.5 on Intel Mac?

A couple of general compatibility questions:
Will an Intel-based Mac run Final Cut Pro HD 4.5?
Also, will a PPC running Leopard do all right with 4.5?
Thanks.

David is correct to say that FCP 4.5 is not supported on Intel machines, but FCP 4.5 will run fine on 10.5 and 10.5.6 on Intel Macs. I'm running it now on a unibody 2.53 MBP. You need to follow the advice here:
http://tinyurl.com/a4lt79

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Running FCP HD 4 on Intel Mac?

Hello
Not sure where I should post this....
I recently acquired FCP HD 4 (retail) for a screamin' deal. I was hoping it would run on my Mac Pro. It installed fine but when I try to open it, I get configuration error with hardware/software is missing and lists ppc G4 & AGP graphics card. Now, it won't run on my eMac cuz the eMac has hardware issues and runs @ half its speed, not to mention lack of ram.
So, my question is, is it possible to hack FCP HD to make it "think" it's running on a PPC mac?
(Is this a safe topic to bring up?)
Music Luver

The reason you got it so cheaply is because it was completely obsolete software over 5 years ago and is not of any use to anyone who has a remotely newish computer.
For an expert opinion on whether anything can be done you need the Final Cut Studio forum but I wouldn't hold out much hope as people are having problems getting FCP6 to work with Lion.

FCP, Intel mac pro crashing

SO here is the set up
Dual 2.66 Intel mac pro, 4gb ram, system drive is 500gb, AV drive is over fibre channel.
OS is 10.4.8 FCP 5.1.2
all is fresh install on new system, working good for the first week.
The issues are when I go to render out I get maybe to 75% then the system crashes, get the screen that tells me I have to hold down the power button etc.
The project file contains 1 stream of DV footage and 1 Livetype movie, seems to not like the live type, but crashes with or without it, just faster with.
On a side note a second issue has been trying to burn to dvd, it will crash the same way, after completeing 25-50%, making coasters.
this isuue is present in both machines we have which are identical.
I also have one of them with the loud fans, straight out of the box, reminded me of my old g4 dual 1.25 mdd.. Firmware is up to date on it. Both machines are new within the last 2 weeks.
here is the crash report.
Date/Time: 2006-10-17 15:35:14.346 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L2127)
Report Version: 4
Command: Final Cut Pro
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Parent: WindowServer [60]
Version: 5.1.2 (5.1.2)
Build Version: 3
Project Name: FCPApp
Source Version: 609211640
PID: 244
Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x000069b0
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0000a424 VEFrames2TimeCode + 292
1 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00020c86 DispatchHashDict(KGDictSelector, KGDictInt*, KGDictParams*) + 4336
2 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00105e53 KGDictTransferC(KGDictInt*, KGDictInt*, KGDictTransferType, Path*, Path*) + 177
3 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00105e8c pKGDictTransfer(KGDictInt*, KGDictInt*, KGDictTransferType, ...) + 50
4 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0034cb75 pKGClipNewFromItemsFull(KGDictInt**, KGItemSpec*, double*, long, KGClipNewFlag, KGDictInt**) + 10939
5 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0034d3dd pKGClipNewFromItems(KGDictInt*, KGItemSpec*, long, unsigned char, unsigned char, unsigned char) + 153
6 ...Pro.Plugins.Timeline Editor 0x08aac6bf TLSetCenterFrame(TimelineViewRecord*, unsigned char, long) + 16843
7 ...Pro.Plugins.Timeline Editor 0x08abcec6 TLShowReelDupes(KGDictInt*) + 3878
8 ...Pro.Plugins.Timeline Editor 0x08ad6d2d DisposeMenuStrings() + 53723
9 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x001108a2 pKGDragMouseMove(KGPoint*, KGDragRefRec*) + 826
10 ...FinalCutPro.Plugins.Browser 0x0866c7db ComputeLayoutInfo(BrowserRec*) + 7745
11 ...FinalCutPro.Plugins.Browser 0x08671c39 ComputeLayoutInfo(BrowserRec*) + 29343
12 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00275c43 PPassMouseEvent(KGPanelRecord*, KGDictInt*, long) + 1483
13 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0027ed91 pKGPanelMessage(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGViewRecord*) + 97
14 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0023049d ServicesPanelsMessageProc(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGPanelRecord*) + 109
15 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00231773 BrowserMessageProc(long, long, KGDictInt*, KGPanelRecord*) + 101
16 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x002753fb pKGPanelWindowProc(long, long, KGDictInt*, void*) + 53
17 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0028a09b pKGSendWindowMessage(KGWindowRec*, long, long, KGDictInt*) + 93
18 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00140353 HandleMouseDown(OpaqueEventRef*) + 2443
19 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00140b47 DoEvent(OpaqueEventRef*, KGDictInt*) + 685
20 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x003cd341 Events(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 69
21 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dd686b DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1093
22 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dd5f10 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 304
23 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ddd1f0 SendEventToEventTarget + 56
24 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ddd683 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCallRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 1169
25 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dd6c22 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2044
26 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dd5f10 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 304
27 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92ddd1f0 SendEventToEventTarget + 56
28 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92e210c7 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 81
29 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92e1fadf RunApplicationEventLoop + 165
30 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0013cfb4 KGMainEvent(void*) + 46
31 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x0028dccf main + 59
32 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00002fc6 _start + 228
33 com.apple.FinalCutPro 0x00002ee1 start + 41
and
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x000069b0 ebx: 0x00000001 ecx: 0x30ef9a21 edx: 0xbfffdab4
edi: 0x20d211b0 esi: 0xbfffdc6c ebp: 0xbfffdad8 esp: 0xbfffda9c
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010246 eip: 0x0000a424 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
any help would be mucho appreciated!
cheers
-David

So I was getting prepared to reinstall the OS and all the software, decided to dig a bit more first. Looked at this log
Wed Oct 25 12:43:48 2006
panic(cpu 3 caller 0x003A1D25): getPhysicalSegment() out of 32b range 0x1001fd000, len 0x1000, class IOGeneralMemoryDescriptor
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x47c03398 : 0x128d1f (0x3c9540 0x47c033bc 0x131df4 0x0)
0x47c033d8 : 0x3a1d25 (0x3ed64c 0x1fd000 0x1 0x1000)
0x47c034a8 : 0x39f8b1 (0x6f27380 0x0 0x47c034ec 0x3bc21c)
0x47c03508 : 0xc8deff (0x64747a0 0x6f27380 0x0 0x5ed230b8)
0x47c03578 : 0xc7c50b (0x6472600 0x64af500 0x0 0x1a1ec0)
0x47c035a8 : 0x5fa88b (0x651e300 0x7033900 0x47c035cc 0x47c035c8)
0x47c035d8 : 0xc38cec (0x651e300 0x7033900 0x0 0xc39020)
0x47c03648 : 0xc3646c (0x6525c00 0x6f27380 0xde5e868 0x0)
0x47c036c8 : 0x51a020 (0x65a8380 0x6f27380 0xde5e868 0x0)
0x47c03768 : 0x51d38b (0x6df5300 0xcbd0d000 0x1b 0x6f27380)
0x47c037e8 : 0x522da1 (0x6df5300 0xcbd0d000 0x1b 0x6f27380)
0x47c03888 : 0x522e48 (0x0 0x0 0x47c038f8 0x1ef607)
0x47c03898 : 0x1ef607 (0x5a8cf820 0x200ba9 0x0 0x1)
0x47c038f8 : 0x1c0a02 (0x47c039d8 0x47c03954 0x16 0x62f0a2c)
0x47c03998 : 0x2fab82 (0x6e35c60 0x47c039d8 0x47c039e8 0x1bf216)
0x47c039b8 : 0x1e4362 (0x47c039d8 0x47c039c8 0x4d2200 0x63a3604) Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(1.5.1)@0xc35000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.5.1)@0x5f5000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5.1)@0x515000
com.ATTO.driver.ATTOCelerityFC(2.4.1)@0xc7f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily(1.4.3)@0xc78000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x5a1000
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily(1.4.3)@0xc78000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.5.1)@0x5f5000
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(1.5.1)@0x5f5000
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5.1)@0x515000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Mon Sep 25 19:42:00 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.13.8.obj~1/RELEASE_I386
Common on both machines, both macchines have the ATTO Celerity PCI Express card for the fibre channel. So I went to ATTO's site looking for new drivers and found this
"ATTO's UL5D and Celerity PCI Express adapters will work in the MAC Pro, however; there is a temporary issue with the systems containing 2.5 GB or more RAM. Please limit the RAM to less than 2.5 GB until this can be resolved. Also, ATTO Configuration Tool version 3.6 will not function properly. Please watch our web site for solutions to both of these issues after 10/21/06."
So tomorrow I will bring both machines and hook back up to the terrablock and try it out with 2 gb ram rather than 4gb.
By looking at this panick log, am I right to assume because I see the ATTO in the log it could be the issue? Looking in google for anyone talking about this I found 1 where they said the temp issue as ATTO put it is a freeze/bomb issue. I will hopefully be able to check it out tomorrow, if I get out of training soon enough.
Any more input is always welcome.
Thanks

FCP and Intel Macs no go?

For all who are asking whether rosetta will enable current versions of FCP to run on the new intel macs take a look at this article (near the bottom of the page)
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1910879,00.asp

Read this:
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/topquestions.html
"Does Final Cut Studio run on the new Intel-based Mac computers?
The current version of Final Cut Studio is not supported on Intel-based Mac computers with Rosetta. A Universal version of Final Cut Studio will be available before the end of March 2006. Universal applications are designed to run flawlessly on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers.
If I buy Final Cut Studio today, can I get the Universal version when it’s available?
Yes. All owners of Final Cut Studio are eligible for a low-cost “crossgrade” to the Universal version for $49."

Intel Mac and FCP

I have a lab full of macs. All g5 dual 2.5s. We are running OS 10.4.9, and FCP 5.1.4. They run perfectly. No problems.
A month ago I replaced two of these edit stations with two Intel Mac Pro dual 2.6, dual core Macs w/ 4gb of ram. They are running 10.4.9, and FCP 5.1.4 as well, but FCP freezes up constantly on these. I have run the 10.4.9 combo update on both. Same problem. Any ideas? Anyone run into this one as well?

Wondering if there might be a problem with your RAM. Run hardware tests and if possible, Techtool. Also, try editing with some media on your internal drive with graids disconnected. I've had a lot of problems with various firewire drives (although I worked with a multitude of firewire drives for many years without serious problems). Worth a shot to try and isolate the problem.
And although you said you were working in SD, you didn't say what format. DV? If so, do you have a deck and/or converter connected to your computers?

FCP on Intel Macs users yet?

Is there users already using the universal version on the new Intel Macs? If so, any issues, warnings, etc.?
iMac Intel Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Mark:
I couldn't find anything either on the performance with the MacBook Pros on this board.
There was a German site that indicated significantly performance gains over the G4 laptop that rivaled running the non-Intel version on a desktop dual processor 2 Ghz G5.
Hope this helps.

Sony HDR-SR11 /AVCHD/NON-INTEL MAC/HELP

I have called both sony and apple tech support and both offered little help today.
I have a Sony HDR-SR11 that I shot some HD content with. The computer registers that the camera is there as an external HDD. Sony's FAQ suggested that I save the AVCHD file to my HDD and it should work....NOPE
I hooked it up to a PC and installed the software it comes with and I was able to view my files but not export them into a normal format.
I have 2 sets of files one set is .m2t and the other is .mts both say they are Unix Executable files..***!
I have a Power MAc G5 running Leopard and Final Cut Pro 6 I ran the software update and it says that as of today 100% up to date yet it says that FCP should be 6.0.2 mine says 6.0
Apple support said that it may not even work on a non-intel Mac.....HELP
anyone get this to work, supposedly Imovie work s with it but the files are grayed out in the menus for imovie so I dunno all I know is I need this footage off the camera ASAP.
Thanks

I came here actually looking for a different solution and not the one I'm about to say... but I will tell you that the new iMovie will import the video straight off the camera (in either 960x540 or 1920x1080). It's not ideal, but it works.
In fact, I'm doing so right now, but I came here hoping there might be news of a new fix so that FCP will import it directly (it will not, log & capture will not do it, just so others are clear on this).
That said, the video off the camera looks very nice. I'm still happy with the camera, even if I do have to do one hoop jump before I can edit.

Best app for QT on Intel Mac Mini kiosk?

Hi all:
I've sent variations of this message off to various folks and fora pertaining to Flash, Director, Livestage, etc., so I thought I'd ask here as well.
I'm working on a very high profile exhibit here in NYC, which is opening to the public on Sept. 11th (draw your own conclusions). It involves a number of standard definition (not HD) video-based kiosks.
These are running on bottom of the line off-the-shelf single-core Intel Mac Minis w/ 512MB RAM. No, we cannot change the platform. We have to make it work with what we have.
We built our prototype in Director. Unfortunately, using QT in Director projects on Intel-based Macs is a non-starter, because Director executables are not Universal Binary yet.
The app is very simple -- a black background that just waits to trigger the video on a mouse click and returns to the black background when the movie is done playing.
The key thing is we need to display the highest possible image quality. We had hoped to use H.264. We've also tried 3IVX and Motion JPEG B, all of which play beautifully in the QT Player but stutter noticeably once in Director. This turns out to be a known problem, and a Universal Binary version of Director isn't due until next year.
I've also tried making a QuickTime Media Link (QTL) file that allows us to "quit when done" so that we can use BuddyAPI to open the program with the QT Player and then drop back to the Director app when done.
That works great, except for the fact that as of OSX 10.3, you can't hide the menu of an app when switching to another app, which looks terrible. Arrgh.
Flash's Player v9 (which is Universal Binary) only runs in a Browser, not as a standalone. So unless there's a browser that will run fullscreen with no chrome, that's out for the foreseeable future as well.
So now I'm thinking about building the whole thing as a self-contained QT movie in Livestage.
Livestage only runs in Rosetta, so I don't know if the QT file I build run natively in the QT player, so that I can use h.264 or 3IVX or whatever without it stuttering. I'd be perfectly happy w/ 3IVX, by the way...
Any help or direction appreciated. We have to have this up and running on site by next Monday, the 14th.
best,
FBC

Right -- well, I'm not concerned with editing the video (I use FCP, too).
I completely understand the role of bitrate in making videos look good, and for the record, I've gotten decent looking videos from Motion JPEG B at the Medium (default) quality settings...
But that's not my question here. The problem is playing back any QT codec as an asset in a larger application (eg, Flash, Director, Livestage) running specifically on the Intel Mac Minis. At the root of the problem is lack of universal binary projectors.
At the moment, the best option I have so far is using SAFT to put Safari into Kiosk mode (no title bar, etc.) and using that to play back a Flash SWF file (which give me the needed interactivity) as the default home page.
We're also going to try to roll our own Cocoa app as a wrapper for a 3ivx file. That will almost certainly look better than even a very high bandwidth FLV/SWF.
Any other ideas appreciated...

I finally made the move to an Intel Mac

I finally made the move to an Intel Mac. . . I bought a used Macbook Pro 15" core duo, 2.16Ghz, 2g ram, 7200rpm 500G HD. Couldn't pass it up at 600.00
OS, Leopard fresh install and I installed FCP Studio as well. Runs pretty good. I also have SHake, which I'm trying to teach myself. Certainly no state of the art, but twice as fast as my G4 desktop.
I'm going to buy FCP Studio 3 upgrade... and retire my FCPStudio (5.1.4).
Any cautions?

Heya,
Keep in mind that a clean install of FCS3 vs. upgrade from 5.1.4 means you will lose Live Type.app because Live Type is no longer available in FCS3 since most of the features have been integrated into Motion. If you are used to working in the Live Type interface then upgrade to FCS3 from 5.1.4 vs. performing a clean install. If you upgrade from Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 to FCS3 then you will keep Live Type and it will still launch and be useable. If you perform a clean install of FCS3 then you will lose Live Type.app in the process. If you want to keep Live Type on your new/used Intel Mac then install FCP 5.1.4 first and then perform the upgrade installation of FCS3.

FCP 2 on iMac Intel 2009?

When I had an iMac G3 (2002) with OS X and OS 9 Classic, I had no trouble installing the FCP 2 in the Classic environment. Then later I was able to upgrade to FCP 3 in the OS X environment.
I no longer use that computer and intend to deinstall the FCP. But, I am faced with a situation: Since I have only the upgrade of FCP 3, I cannot install it except on top of FCP 2. But, FCP 2 it seems cannot be installed in anything later than the OS 9 Classic environment. Does anyone know of a solution here other than buying a whole new FCP 3 (or later?) to install on my new iMac?
If I have to buy a new one, which one do I have to get for compatibility with my new computer?

Are you talking about Final Cut Pro 3 or the new Final Cut Studio, containing Final Cut Pro 7?
If you're talking about the "old" FCP 3, I'm not sure how well it will run on your intel iMac. The recommended environment for FCP 3.0.4 is OS X version 10.2.8 and Quicktime 6.2, according to this list.
Having said that, I know I ran FCP3 on later versions of OSX and Quicktime without problems, but running it on an Intel mac under Snow Leopard might be a step too far!
Message was edited by: Denis Murphy

Final Cut Pro 5.1 on Intel Mac Pro

Hi,
I have been running successfully Final Cut Pro 5.1 on my intel Mac Pro.
Suddenly it stopped working. While opening, it suddenly quit. Tried to fully uninstall Final Cut following Apple HOWTO and reinstall. Unfortunately, Final Cut is still not working.
I have read lots a various messages and no-one seems to have a 100% success rate.
Anyone has a suggestion?
Cheers
Ben

someone posted something on Craigslist about the intel Macs and he said that the intel just freezes up with FCP and some other programs
Older versions of FCP do NOT run well on IntelMacs because they were written to run on PPC chipped Macs only. Probably the situation you read about on Craigslist. The OP here is running the universal version of FCP so that shouldn't be an issue in this case.
-DH

Can I run FCS (1), and Tiger latest upgrade on an Intel Mac?

Hope this isn't too whacky a question,
but I just don't know the answer.
I plan on buying an Intel Mac, but am in the middle of
a fairly large FCS(1) project and don't want to upgrade to 2.whatever quite yet.
Can I run Tiger 10.4.11 on an Intel Mac?
Also running QT 7.3.0
(ducking)
Thanks,
David

Yes. TIger was the operating system in use when Intel Macs came out. Works fine.
Leopard? Well...that and FCP on any Mac is a crap shoot.
Shane

Will Apple one day support AE plug ins on Intel Macs?

Hi,
I was interested in upgrading my G5 to the new Mac Pro until I discovered from Apple's release notes that Apple had dropped support for the After Effects plug ins in FCP 5.1 for Intel!
I need my plug ins, so I'll stay on PPC for a while it seems. Has Apple stated anywhere that this is the way things will be FOR ALL future Intel versions, or is this just a temporary situation?
Thanks!

Sry, just found my answer:
"Adobe has not yet announced plans for a Universal Binary version of the After Effects plug-in API."

Final Cut Pro 4 for Intel Mac

I have FCP 4.0 on an older Mac. I recently purchased a new intel Mac Pro. I'm trying to install FCP 4.0 on my new intel Mac Pro but it will not install. I get an error message about not being compatible with intel. Does anyone know if there is an upload to correct this problem? I don't have the extra money to buy the software again.
Thanks for your help,
Michelle

According to the Apple website: [http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/WebObjects/BizCustom?qprm=78313&productLearn More=MA886Z/A]
Upgrade Eligibility
The upgrade version requires a valid serial number from a commercial version of
Final Cut Studio, Production Suite, or Final Cut Pro 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Academic
and not-for-resale versions are not eligible for this upgrade.
Elsewhere on the page:
Buy New $1,299.00
Upgrade from Final Cut Studio* $499.00
Upgrade from Final Cut Pro or Production Suite* $699.00
Not bad, considering what you get in FCS: DVD studio Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color etc...
If money is really tight, and all you want to do is edit, look into Final Cut Express HD @ $199 - includes Livetype and supports FXPlug 3rd party plugins, but that's about all (unless AVCHD means anything to you).
You can always use iDVD for your DVDs.
j0nn0

Final cut pro 5 on intel mac

ok i have seen ALOT of people do this. and it always works. they make final cut pro 4.5 work on an intel mac bye going to applications right clicking on FCP 4.5 going to show package contents and open up info.plist with text edit then find the AGP in the info.plist and replace it with PCI. i was wondering. would this work on final cut pro 5.0? would it work on FCP 4.0?. if you have tried please tell me thanks!

It's technically not supported. Even if you do get it to work, you may experience problems down the line.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2679

FCP 4.5 on Intel Mac?

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