Final Cut Express HD ( Not 3.5)

I have an iMac running a new intel core duo processor. I have an older version of Final Cut Express HD. Will this software run on my system?
If not what is Apple's policy for returning unopened software?

I don't know what Apple's policy is but in the last week several people (who have complained) have returned unopened software and received a refund minus a small administrative cost.
So get on to Apple or your supplier immediately and COMPLAIN!
Ian.

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I have done this many times before. I am using Final Cut Express and I am plugging my Flip Video camera into my MacBook Pro and the Flip Video software does not launch. It does not seem to be the
Flip Video software that is the problem. I have upgraded the Flip Video software. The prompt I get says Flip Video quit unexpectely. I have no idea what is going on. I get a huge log of computer terms which I do not understand. Any ideas? Wish I knew more.
Here is a screen shot of what I am getting after I attempt to open Flip Video Share Capture etc./Users/Tim/Desktop/Screen shot 2010-08-04 at 11.36.11 PM.png
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The problem is with your Flip Video software. It is launching but then crashing - that's what the message means:
The prompt I get says Flip Video quit unexpectely.
"Quit Unexpectedly" is a nice way to say "Crashed".
You could try trash the Flip Software.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards.)
*What's the plist file?*
For new users: Every application on your Mac has an accompanying plist file. It records certain User choices. For instance, in your favourite Word Processor it remembers your choice of Default Font, on your Web Browser is remembers things like your choice of Home Page. It even recalls what windows you had open last if your app allows you to pick up from where you left off last. The iPhoto plist file remembers things like the location of the Library, your choice of background colour, whether you are running a Referenced or Managed Library, what preferences you have for autosplitting events and so on. Trashing the plist file forces the app to generate a new one on the next launch, and this restores things to the Factory Defaults. Hence, if you've changed any of these things you'll need to reset them. If you haven't, then no bother. Trashing the plist file is Mac troubleshooting 101.
If that doesn't help you need to contact the makers of the Flip software.
Regards
TD

Final Cut Express, Preview not working in Capture

I've just purchased Final Cut Express, and have installed it in my G5 iMac. When I try to download film from my Sony TRV 17, I am unable to do so. The preview screen has a message "Preview Disabled", and I am unable to capture anything. The capture controls seem to control the recorder just fine. Anyone have a simple answer?

I'd tried running the camera into the computer, and only using the internal hard drive, no change.
When the camera is off and I start the program I get a message stating that the camera is not connected, but as soon as I turn the VCR on and hit the retry button, the program starts. Which easy set up option should I use if not FW basic?
Try daisy-chaining the camera to the drive. Do not
use FW basic with that camera. Make sure the camera
is turned on in VCR mode, and reboot. Launch the
application. Does it see the camera at start up? If
not, try it with the LaCie disconnected, and see if
it works directly into the computer.

Final Cut Express will not start up - faulty CD?

I am trying to reinstall Final Cut Express 4 from the CD. I am getting the error message pasted below when the program crashes on start-up. Could this be down to a faulty cd?
Process: Final Cut Express [355]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Express.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Express
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutExpress
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: FCPApp-711051055~9
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [95]
Date/Time: 2010-05-26 23:22:14.477 +0100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D573)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 171845 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: 3F7E5A74-B1D5-468B-97E1-C7584227BD74
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/ProFX.framework/Versions/A/ProFX
Referenced from: /Applications/Final Cut Express.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Express
Reason: image not found
Model: iMac11,1, BootROM IM111.0034.B02, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.54f36
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4850, ATI Radeon HD 4850, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x8F), Atheros 9280: 2.1.9.8
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.1f4, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST31000528ASQ, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd110000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000
USB Device: Vendor-Specific Device, 0x0fd9, 0x0022, 0xfa130000
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0xfa111000
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8403, 0xfa120000
FireWire Device: OEM ATA Device 00, G-TECH, Up to 800 Mb/sec

Hi guys. I contacted apple support and have managed to solve this problem. For anyone else experiencing this issue the solution seems to be to recreate the proFX.framework folder in the library folder. This is an OS installation problem rather than a FCE installation problem, as you so rightly identified. The apple tech sent me a zipped framework folder which has now solved the problem. Thanks for all your help.

Final Cut Express Will Not Render.

Hello, while working on a very important project for school, Final Cut Express stopped rendering anything, completely. No matter what project, what circumstance, what method I try, It will not render. I need to get this project done NOW and have no where else to turn to.

Do the Render Items have check marks against them in the Sequence>Render All menu?
Is Capitals Lock switched on?
Al

Final Cut Express Codec not found

I had to re-install Snow Leopard because Lion caused issues on my MAC PRO with previously installed Power PC friendly applications. So I had to reinstall Final Cut Express HD 3.0. I ran an update check and everything was up to date. However, when I tried to open using HDV Apple Intermediate Codec1080i60 an error popped up that said
"Codec not found. You may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card."
Are there any solutions to this?

What exactly is your problem?
There are only 2 reasons you need AIC.
One is to convert HDV which is shot on Mini-DV TAPE cameras and the other is to convert AVCHD.
If you only have FCE 3 you cannot use AVCHD footage as you need FCE 4 and an Intel Mac.
If you are using an HDV TAPE camera you do not use Log and Transfer, you use Capture.
Also, what exactly did you mean by this?
" . . . . when I tried to open using HDV Apple Intermediate Codec1080i60".
The normal way to open FCE is to double-click the icon in the Applications folder.
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Final Cut Express will not open!

I have Final Cut Express HD on a MacBook with OSX 10.4.11. It used to work fine but suddenly the application will begin to launch and then just close while still at the loading screen. I uninstalled and reinstalled hoping this would help and still it does the same thing. I don't know what else to do does anyone have any suggestions? Also, sometimes it gives me the error message: Unable to locate the following devices: Apple firewire NTSC (720x480). This never used to happen and I assume it is part of the problem.

Has it started happening AFTER you updated to OSX 10.4.11 (or installed some other program or update) ? What version of QuickTime are you using ?
Try trashing the preferences exactly like this :-
http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
Before reinstalling did you completely uninstall FCE or just trash the FCE application icon ? This is how to uninstall correctly :-
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301182
You can ignore the LiveType and Soundtrack items.
Ian.

Canon HF200 and Final Cut Express 4 - not able to import movie files

Hello,
I have a Canon HF200. I have a 16 GB Duracell "pro photo" flash card. When I first connected my camera to my computer and clicked on "log and transfer" all of the movie clips on my card showed up in FCE 4. I did not import them at this time, however.
Now when I connect the camera, only newer videos taken with the camera show up as importable in FCE. Essentially, while the older videos remain on the card, I cannot access them and import them into FCE.
I am not able to import the files, which are saved as .CPI and .MTS files by simply dragging or using the log and transfer option.
If anyone can help me with this problem and tell me how I can retrieve the movie files I would really appreciate it.
Thanks a lot.

Do you own a card reader? Use that instead of the camera to transfer your files. If not, try using disc utility (or toast if you have it) to duplicate the memory card to a disc image (you can burn it to dvd if you want a back up of the original files) and then use the disc image to log and transfer.

Final Cut Express 4 Not Installing - Mac Pro dual 2.66

Just got FCE 4. Trying to install on:
Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 5 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Running Quicktime 7.3
Installer writes files to exactly 33% and then quits. Did this about ten times and quits in exactly same spot.
I have all updates, etc.
This feels like iLife 08 iDVD all over again. Could never get that to install.
Anyone else having this problem?
Any thoughts?
Marty
PS - just installed iWork 08 just fine.
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08

Tom,
Supposedly this is a clean install. NOT upgrade.
What is strange is that installer script says "Upgrade" on the "Install" button.
There is no other FCE on the machine anywhere.
THX
Marty

Final Cut Express HD not opening due to lack of AGP graphics card

Title says everything. Can this program not run on macbooks or something?

According to Apple - yes, it can...
an Intel GMA integrated graphics processor in a MacBook...
Macbook 1.8-) Mac OS X (10.4.8) Week 38 base model w/1G Ram

Canon HV10 Not Recognized By Final Cut Express HD

Final Cut Express will not initialize my new HV10. iMovie has no problem downloading so I do not believe it is my computer, a Dual 2.3 GHz Power PC. Anyone know if this a problem with the software?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Not only Canon HV10,
my Sony HCR-HC3E also has this problem.
The quality of footage after capture is very poor.
When I use iMovie to capture the footage,
iMovie show that it is using the codec 1080i25.
Final Cut Express HD has not provide this codec,
only has 1080i50 and 1080i60.
I have ask about this, the feedback is that there is no
codec that call 1080i25.
How can I do?
There are the samples of my problem.
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9332/picture1mi6.png
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8952/picture2vo7.png
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Final Cut Express not recognizing P2

Running FCE on on my iMac, camera gets to desktop no problem. When I open log and transfer, FCE does not read the files. I am shooting on HPX370P, and installed the drivers from the disc but they are not staying in my applications folder. Help!!

Sorry, Final Cut Express does not support P2. Not DVCPRO HD nor AVCintra. Log and Transfer is for AVCHD formats only.
Shane

Iphone footage into Final Cut Express

I left a question earlier in this forum and would like to update (hopefully that's proper process!). I'll repeat the question, in case:
I'm trying to get footage from iPhone 4 to Final Cut Express. I'm using MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2. In the tutorial I found, they did an export to Quicktime, selecting the Apple Intermediate Codec as the compression, 29.97 as the Frame, and "1280 x 720 (unscaled)" as the frame size option (I'm also selecting frame blending and better downscaling, and turning off interlaced scaling; the rest are Streamclip defaults). My version of Streamclip doesn't have a 1280x720 (unscaled), so I've been forced to select 1280x720 (HDTV 720P). Not sure if this is my problem.
On recent attempts, I've managed to get the clip into a QuickTime format (using the settings above) in a way that doesn't look stretched (can't tell whether it is or not). When I import the clip into FCE, it comes in without having to be rendered, and looks as if it's not stretched there either. But as soon as I drop the clip into the sequence and try to play it, I get the "Dropped Frames" warning. I'm already operating in RT Safe mode, and rarely/never have problems w/ dropped frames with clips that were captured from my Sony camera/tape. Is the AIC codec more demanding of faster drives? (I'm using a 200Gig external Apple drive at the moment). Or is it because I have been forced to export as a 1280x720 HDTV 720p as opposed to unscaled?
In FCE I've set easy set up to:
Apple Intermediate Codec, 29.97, and HDV AIC 720 p30; Is this a match with the Export QT version?
And if so, would the clip be coming into my sequence without having to be rendered? Since I haven't had to upgrade my hardware for my other camera, I'd be reluctant to go out and buy more external disk power, in the event it doesn't do me any good.
I know there are several posts on people trying to get iphone footage into FCE already, but they don't seem to apply and, after hours on the internet looking for a solution, I'm at my wits end. PLEASE HELP
Thanks in advance!!

The 4s records video as MPEG4/AVC (H.264)/1080p/30fps in a .mov filetype. Final Cut Express is NOT designed to edit this kind of video. You need to convert the 4s video clips to QuickTime/Apple Intermediate Codec/1080i before importing them into FCE. You can use MPEG Streamclip to do the conversion. In FCE you also need to select a matching Easy Setup (should be AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920x1080i60 for converted 4s clips) and create a new Sequence to edit your video. This should eliminate the constant re-rendering problem.
ps. Final Cut Express was discontinued in 2011 even before OS X Lion was released. It is no longer supported by Apple and there is no guarantee it will run properly on Yosemite. Just so you know. Final Cut Pro X is the currently supported app.

Problem with picture in burned DVD from Final Cut Express quicktime file

I use Final Cut Express HD to edit. On more than one occasion, I have exported a movie using quicktime conversion and then used iDVD to burn it to a DVD. Every time I do this, the DVD's picture is shaky, especially when there is fast motion. I have tried burning with both the best performance and best quality settings in iDVD and it doesn't make a difference. The same problem occured when I tried to use a friend's computer to do the same thing. We both have the new 20" iMacs. I am not sure if it is Final Cut or iDVD that is the problem, but quicktime files that are not from Final Cut Express are not a problem. I have a feeling it is a setting somewhere that needs to be changed. Thanks!

Greetings.
I've personally never used iDVD for any sort of DVD authoring, but the symptoms that you're describing are giving me the impression that there may be an issue with the MPEG 2 encode. Again, I don't know iDVD so you might be better off asking this question in the iDVD forum.

Final Cut Express anomaly

Why does Final Cut Express stop capturing video at approximately 5:04 to 5:16 minutes saying: "end of tape".
I start at the place where it stopped capturing, start capturing again and another 5+ minutes goes by and "bloop!" the "end of tape" message appears again. Capturing has stopped.
What's up with that????

I bought, installed and used the FCE in 2005. I used it for 5 years before it started acting up. All of a sudden the "end of tape" message would appear and the capture stopped.
> Capture limit set in System Settings to 59 minutes.
>Regardless of Time Code breaks, could be 1 hour tape continuous video, it sops at approx. 5 minutes and a few seconds (never the same twice).
> Digital Tape (1 Hour, Sony, TDK, FujiFilm, whatever) on Sony DV Camcorder. Have used same one for 12 years here at work.
>Capturing straight to internal HDD.
     >Sometimes tot he original HDD sometimes to the added HDD (also internal).
          Both are formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
     >Final Cut Express HD 3.0
          (When filling out the Info on the site Final Cut Express was NOT one of the options, that's why it says Final                Cut Pro X, sorry.)
     > OS X 10.5.8
Thanks for your responses.

Final Cut Express HD ( Not 3.5)

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