Final Cut Express on an iMac INTEL

Hello,
Does Final Cut Express function on an iMac INTEL Core Duo 2 GHz?
Thank you very much

As far as I know only on this forum.
Try these threads
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1513902&#1513902
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=335392&tstart=0

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Will the new 17' Imac run Final Cut Express WELL? Or do you really need to go for the Power PC option. Any advice would be great.

I think there may be a little confusion here.
The iMac has always been able to run FCE well. It has plenty of power and is ideal unless you are a professional who needs every last bit of speed.
However, the G5 that came out in November had a different graphics card and required either a free update or the hack mentioned by Jean-Pascal.
The latest Intel powered iMac that was introduced in January can be given the hack to make FCE work but it is likely to be rather slow and unresponsive.
To get the best results from an Intel-iMac you need to wait for the new version of FCE which many expect to appear in the next month or so.
To reiterate - the iMac has more than enough power to run FCE though the addition of another 512MB of RAM is recommended.
Ian.

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Also, make sure all your Media is on an External Hard drive. It's not a good idea to have your media reading off the same drive as your Application.
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~Luke

Final Cut Express slow on iMac i7

Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me out with this issue I'm having with FCE.
I just purchased an i7 iMac yesterday in hopes that my FCE would be running much smoother when using HD clips. However that is not the case. There must be something I'm doing wrong. This computer can play 5+ HD movies at the same time no problem. But in Final Cut the playback is very very choppy and slow. I feel like the renders are skipping frames as well.
I transferred all of my files from my Macbook Pro to this iMac, including all of the FCE files. This might have something to do with it?
Also I have done a few google searches, and I have seen people suggesting running FCE from an external HD. Well luckily I'm hooked up to a Mybook Firewire 800 1 TB hard drive. However after dragging all of the final cut express documents and shortcut into the hard drive, the problem still persists.
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Okay guys, I just found out something thats weird. The item properties I posted earlier were for one of my lower end HD clips.
This time I tried using one of my biggest clips which was 4 Gigs. I know for a fact that this clip is either 30 fps or 60 fps. The playback in VLC viewer is beautiful. Now the item properties of this video is saying 10 fps as well. Even the clip I posted before has great playback. I'm actually positive these clips are all at least 30fps, but somehow once I drag them into FCE, they become 10fps :/
with 1280 x 720 resolution
again h.264
is it possible I have my FCE set up incorrectly? I remember when I installed it, it asked me about choosing a certain format at the beginning. I think I chose the 720p option.
Sasha - Thank you for the insight. Do you know if the video will lose any quality in the process of using MPEG streamclip? Will my video still be in hi-def?
Oops, I just realized that I never mentioned, that I am using .mkv clips, for what it's worth.
Thanks again, you guys have been great, and I hope you can continue to assist me
Message was edited by: reznick

Installing Final Cut Express

Here's the deal, a friend installed Final Cut Express onto my iMac for a short time for me to test the application. I liked it a lot on decided to buy it. Here's the problem, after I deleted the old Final Cut Express (registered under my friends name) from my applications folder and the icon on my dock, and then reinstalled Final Cut with the my new version it doesn't ask me for my new password.
As it boots up, I see that this latest version is still registered with my friends name. I can play around and make a few movies but every time I close the program or put my computer to sleep, and then try to open Final Cut Express at a later date, it asks me for all my info and password. I enter all the information that came with the application but it says, "Invalid password" not allowing me to use the program.
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Thanks. Newman

Hello, thanks for your guidance but it didn't work.
I followed the instructions from the link you provided and reinstalled FCE but it still started up with my friends name as "licensed to", without asking me for the serial number.
So, I tried again, only this time I deleted all the packages and files from both the HD library and my User library. (I found that there was still FCE files in my "User" library as well) I emptied the trash of all the old files and installed the FCE disk, reinstalled it and started up FCE once again. And again, it was licensed to my friend's version instead of recognizing my new version.
Im kinda loosing it, because every few days, when FCE is updated I go to launch the application (still licensed under my friends name) but it asks for the serial number and all my info - which is says is invalid.
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Can I install Final Cut Express on my iMac at work and then un-install it and install it on a second iMac. My older iMac at home does not have the power to run it and I'm getting a new iMac model in June. In the meantime I'd like to start working with the software at work and start editing the hours of video I have.

Hello and welcome to the Forum. There are lots of experienced people here who can help you with your questions.
Yes, you can install FCE on an iMac, then uninstall it, and then install it on a different iMac. (Actually, the license allows you to install it on one desktop Mac and one laptop Mac at the same time provided you own both Macs and only run FCE on one of them at a time. That's not the case you asked about, but I thought you might like to know.)
You should be careful about potentially installing and using FCE on a computer 'at work' for personal use. Your employer may have policies against installing non-work related software; and may also have policies about personal use of a work computer.

Can you explain when using keywords and addding them to various clips pressing ctrl and a number eg. 1 or 2 it simply closes down FCPX. Just to the dock as would th yellow -sign. As you gather I am new to this program having only used Final Cut Express 4

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I have been a frequent reader of this forum, and now I've finally gummed myself up enough that I have to post a question. For a variety of reasons I needed to remove Final Cut Express from my iMac, so I used FCS Remover as has been recommended. I then reinstalled Final Cut Express, which seemed to install normally, but when I open the program I now get a lengthy error message. The most concerning statement in the message reads:
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See if this helps
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Would Final Cut Express v.2 work on an iMac G5 with iSight. I know that certain versions of Final Cut Pro won't because of the video card incompatibility, but is it the same with Express?
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Jason

Hi Jason.
Your Mac has a PCI card instead of an AGP one which FCE is designed to use.
There is a workaround for G5 Macs with PCI cards and also Intel-Macs that some people have been able to use.
There is no danger to your computer because you are not altering anything other than 3 letters in part of the FCE code. There is also no risk to FCE because even if the worst should happen, the most you would have to do would be to re-install it:-
1. Right click on the FCE icon and select "Show Package Contents".
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3. Around 15 or so lines down you will see AGP. Delete it and put in PCI.
4. Close the window and when asked if you want to save the changes, say yes.
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I have been using Final Cut Express HS 3.5 since 2006. My old iMac died, and in trying to reinstall the program on the new iMac, I am told that Power PC products are no longer supported.
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http://roaringapps.com/
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A) Pacifist - http://www.charlessoft.com/
B) Use the Terminal method described by Jeremy Johnstone on his blog:
http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html

Final Cut Express HD on Intel? When & how?

I bought a Mac mini to play about with, and a few days later bought Final Cut Express HD - the full product reduced to UK £99 at my local John Lewis store. Bargain! I dipped my toes in it and found it very much like Adobe Premiere on the PC, but better obviously.
Within a couple of weeks I decided to take the plunge, sold all my PC kit on Ebay and upgraded to a 20" iMac Intel - the Apple Store did a full refund on my Mac mini, no questions asked. They are such nice people
However, I've since read that Final Cut Express HD won't work on the Intel iMacs, probably not even under Rosetta, and that I'll have to wait until the next feature release for the Intel coded one. There are rumours that this release will be mid-March, which is great, but how will this 'crossgrade' be deployed?
Will it be in the format of a retail boxed upgrade package for existing users making the 'switch-within-the-switch' to Intel-based Macs?
Or perhaps even a free download and/or mailed-out disk for existing users?
Or will it only be sold as a full-priced retail boxed package?
I'm just wondering if it is worth me keeping hold of the version I've got, or trying to sell it on Ebay - I'll probably get what I paid for it, especially as I hadn't registered it with Apple.
Anybody got any inside knowledge on the deployment?
cheers,
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20" iMac Intel Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I guess I'm lucky in that, after ten years spent under a desk poking around inside boring beige boxes, I've come fresh from the big bad world of Windows PCs straight into the brave new world of Mac Intel. Apart from my minor but very fulfilling diversion with the Mac mini, this is my first ever Apple computer, so I don't come laden down with the expectations for old software.
Right now I'm happy to play with the included apps. And I don't mean the trial of Office 2004. That got dumped straight away
I've hardly looked at Garageband and iWeb, but iMovie is a breeze and great for quick knockups - and the way it integrates with iDVD is a joy... but I am itching to properly get underway with Final Cut Express.
Having said that, I've got all five Myst games in dual PC/Mac format... and I was hoping to be able to carry on playing them but it seems my Intel iMac (that still sounds so wrong!) doesn't like the installs. A shame, I was just getting into End Of Ages when I ebayed my PCs.
But my god... who cares! Just look at this big white thing sitting on my desk in front of me. It's so... beautiful. It's the most beautiful thing I have ever owned, materially speaking. And I can't believe it's mine! Somebody pinch me.
Anyway, if anyone does come up with any answers or any wandering Apple executive happens to toddle along this way and is feeling generous please do post it here.
Many thanks.
20" iMac (Intel) Mac OS X (10.4.5)

New 27" iMac with Final Cut Express 4

Hi there,
Wow, the new iMac has just came put ...
I am getting tired that my macbook pro (2.53 GHz i5 core with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 256M) takes so long to render the HD clips in Final Cut Express 4:
Can I know between these two:
_*(1) 27-inch: 3.2GHz DUAL CORE*_
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ATI Radeon HD 5670 with 512MB
and
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Btw, has Apple solve the problem with their 27" iMac ? I heard that they have some issue for the previous 27" iMac, has that been solved ?
Thanks

I haven't received my i7 iMac yet and don't use FCE, so I can't tell you my experience in that regard. However, you can look at some benchmarks of the October 2009 i5 and i7 iMacs (which are the same as the i5/i7 found in the currents iMacs, only a tad slower - 2.66/2.8 GHz vs. 2.8/2.93 GHz):
http://www.barefeats.com/imi7.html
As you can see, the quad-core machines are much faster than their dual-core counterparts in Compressor, and even more so in After Effects (also, the i7 provides a noticeable speed boost over the i5 - 15-20% faster despite a 5% higher clock speed only, presumably thanks to Hyper Threading).
I don't know whether FCE is as well threaded as Compressor (you could ask in the FCE forum - which I just realize you did) but if it is, a quad-core processor will be a great advantage, and the i7 option could be worth the extra price.

Final Cut Express for intel

Help! Purchased Final Cut Express only last week , installed on May 17th only to find it does not run on intel machines...should have read the specs. News that 3.5 is released on May 18th...if only I had waited a few days. Phoned Apple and was told that I could download an upgrade, where is it???
imac intel Mac OS X (10.4.6)

As I mentioned in the other thread, if there is in fact a free update then it will appear in Software Update.
Although, I doubt that this would be the case given the jump from version 3 to version 3.5. if it went to 3.1 then sure, but the version jump is too big for me to think it were free.

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