Final Cut Studio 2 Installation issue

When I was installing Final Cut Studio 2, at the beginning of the install when it verifies if you system is compatible, I received the notice that Compression and Live Type would not load. My retailer tells me my system should handle FCS2 and I shouldn't be getting that message.
I also have FC Express pre-loaded on my system...could this be part of the issue?
Thanks in advance - creative type here and not a techie...

The computer was purchased in Sept. 2010. The OS is updated as per automatic notifications and this is the initial install of FC.
Thanks for the quick response.

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I've since seen this on two machines and have filed a bug with Apple, but wanted to post to give people a heads up.
When attempting a new installation of Final Cut Studio 2 on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6, the install hung with "about a minute remaining."
Examination of the running processes using "top" showed one thread spinning in user space using 100% of the CPU:
<pre>/Volumes/Final Cut Studio/Installer/Packages/QuickTimeMPEG2Pro.pkg/Contents/Resources/ConfigureMim eTypes -rescan -verbose</pre>
Running the same thread by hand succeeded immediately, so manually killing the spinning process seemed to have no ill effects and allowed the installation to proceed as expected.
Just to be safe I manuallly ran
<pre>/Volumes/Final Cut Studio/Installer/Packages/QuickTimeMPEG2Pro.pkg/Contents/Resources/ConfigureMim eTypes -rescan -verbose</pre>
again after disc 1 was finished installing but (obviously) while disc 1 was still in the drive.

Hello,
I fortunately came across this discussion. I want to install FCS2 on my iMac which is now running under Snow Leopard and I also got stuck at "about a minute" remaining time.
But it seems that the answer to solve this is give in an answer William has given. The only thing is, I don't get it what to do.
I typed in the word Top in Terminal I saw that it is indeed "hanging" on ConfigureMimeTypes. Through "show contents" I got to the ConfigureMimeTypes file (at least I think that is what I should do). But then...?
Another thought was, that I had to install the QuickTimeMpeg2Pro.Pkg. So I have tried that also. But then the same happens, it got stuck at "the remaining one minute issue".
Can someone please tell me what to do?
Please consider the fact that I'm not a very technical person and that english is not my native language.
Thanks a lot.
Kind regards,
Richard
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Right i've been trawling the forums in regards to Lion's compatibility with Final Cut Studio 3. There seemed to be a mixed bag of reports, some running FCP fine on Lion, others having issues.
For this reason alone I decided to keep my main editing system, my Mac Pro, running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and not upgrade to Lion.
More and more frequently i've thought I need to get myself a MacBook Pro, for data wrangling on location and for some cheeky edit sessions when i'm away on jobs.
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I've read that Final Cut Studio 3 installs and runs fine on Lion systems, can anyone confirm this?
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There are a couple of careats however with the primary one being DO A CLEAN INSTALL OF THE OS AND THE APPS. Upgrade installs over major version changes are problematic.
do any of you know if i'll be able to swap between, and freely work on projects across the two different systems, namely a Mac Pro running Snow Leopard and a MacBook Pro running Lion? is this an issue at all?
Again, not an issue in my world.
x

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Hey Guys,
Was hoping for some guidance. I've been using the 2005 academic version of Final Cut Studio without any issues for almost 5 years now. I've been doing a lot of freelance editing work on my iMac (2007 Intel Core 2 Duo), and it's running the latest version of Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I was last able to use the program around 2 weeks ago. I opened it up this morning, and Final Cut Pro "quits unexpectedly" without even loading. Same with every other program in the FCS suite.
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I'm not sure what to do now, and I really can't afford to spend $1000 on the new FCS. The Academic version that I have is not eligible for the $300 upgrade.
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-J

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I just bought Final Cut Studio from Apple Germany. Could someone reassure me as I have some doubts ! Can I install FCP Studio in English even if it's bought in Germany ?
I know that some softwares are coming in only one language : iLife 06 for example.
Thanks
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If in doubt, call Applecare. Installation support is free for 90 days.
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x

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osx 10.5.8 (cant upgrade to snow leopard just yet due to sxs problems and heard its even slower)
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT (thinking may be the culprit)
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now the first hour i started working the computer froze up completely, mouse frozen and everything
(never happened before) after a day of unexpected quits and constant restarts i disconnected my second monitor.
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thanks for your time.

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I am in the middle of installing Final Cut Studio 2 and the intaller seems to have stalled. I inserted the Live Type Media 2 disk and the installer reached 100% of that portion and has not budged for 2 hours. It says 1 hour 11 minutes remaining.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2114
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