FCP and the QUAD

I have the latest version of FCP and just downloaded the update. Does this update allow FCP to take advantage of all the Quad's processing power?
Thanks!
david

It depends on what you are doing.
I have been doing some testing on a quad this morning. If it simple stuff like Colour Grading, or some filters, then no worries. It will go flat out.
If you do something like drop a basic motion project (10 seconds) into the timeline, and render it, the whole thing will grind to a halt. Do this, and pull up the activity monitor, and you will see the system trying to pick which processor it is going to use. it will swap processors about every 4 seconds, while the other 3 processors sit idle. fun fun fun.

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Using AVI files in FCP and the 3ivx codec

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My video camera only films in .AVI files which the Mac cannot 'see' although the audio is fine. From my research it seems like the only codec available to allow you to 'see' the video on .AVI is the 3ivx codec which I downloaded before and which worked fine but then the trial ran out and left nasty watermarks all over my files which were a pain to get rid of. Is buying the codec the only thing to do? Has anyone bought the codec, so I know it's a safe website?
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What camera only shoots 3ivx, Jenni?
And have you tried Perian yet? It will allow Quicktime to read 3ivx along with many other otherwise unsupported codecs. Suck it and see ... some users have issues with Perian installed, others get along with it just fine.
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EXTERNAL MONITOR - FCP 5 - G5 QUAD

Hi everybody,
I am having problems with the external monitor using FCP 5.0.4.
I get no video signal at all in it. The screen mantains the usual desktop piucture .
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On the VIEW> VIDEO PLAYBACK menu appears
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Monitor thru your camera or deck...
#8 External Monitor Viewing.
Shane's Stock Answer #8:
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I assume you are making a final product that will be on celuloid- an actual film print, not a video copy. is this correct?
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LR
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