Final Cut Express (FCE) 1.0 and Tiger 10.4.4--End of my rope...

So I know it's ridiculous that I haven't upgraded from 1.0, but I recently upgraded to Tiger and I am about ready to go PC because of all of the problems it has created--mostly with Final Cut.
I've tried everything in all of the posts, but FCE 1 still won't capture in Tiger. I deleted receipts for QT, upgraded to 7.0.4, re-installed FCE 1. Nothing.
What's the final verdict? Will FCE 1 just never work with Tiger?
I really hate how Apple does this. To use Toast 7 I needed 10.4, now becaue I have 10.4, I have to buy FCE HD, along with iLife again so that everything will work.
If anyone ever figured anything out, let me know. Otherwise I guess I'll just pony up the dough again to update yet another program that isn't compatible. This can't be an oversight on Apple's part. It must be an intentional marketing tactic, because capturing is one of the fundamental functions of FCE.

FWIW, Tiger, FCE 2, and QuickTime 7 do not play nice together
I had forgotten this thread, but since there is activity that brought it back to my attention, I have more information to share:
Tiger, FCE 2, and QuickTime 7 actually do "play nice" and work together great. I tracked my problem down to the means I was using to capture: Formac Studio TVR. The Formac software captures at a large data rate that FCE2/QT7 have trouble with. The Tiger/FCE 2/QuickTime7 work-around I have for this is to render any raw DV files I want to edit before I start. This drops the data rate to one that does not cause problems.
Meantime, I continue to try for a response out of Formac about tweaking their software.
Hope this helps.

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Try this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
and also try to trash your preferences:
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Heureka, here's the solution, indeed:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
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And for the next five years I will follow again my old motto: "Never update a well working system!"
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
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