Hotkey problem w/ FCE 2--

Hi,
My Final Cut Express doesn't like it when I use any shortcut keystrokes and quits on me. Is there a download fix for this or is it a computer issue?
Also, I was told that the Final Cut Studio programs won't run on this MAC "17 PowerPC G4. Is this true? This laptop is almost 3 years old.
Thanks much,
Dave D. (mid-level beginner)

Hi Eveyone,
Tom, you gave me an idea with your post. I checked my keyboard setting in the menulet (top right flag icon) and it was set to U.S. Extended. Just for fun I opened FCE2 and set my keyboard setting to U.S. (not Extended). The shortcut key combinations seem to work fine now. I did not re-install the program yet.
Thanks! I wonder why that Extended setting would cause it to crash?
dd

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Solved!
I found out that I use many keyboards language layouts (4). So when I'm not in English layout the hotkeys stop working.
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DREAMWEAVER - HOTKEYS PROBLEM!!!

I am pissed.
I buy purchased a new keyboard extra, nothing.
Format on PC and new install, nothing.
IT IS NOT WORK with
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DOES WORK:
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Hallo,
sorry, falls ich mich nicht genau genug ausgedrückt habe.
Mit der Bildschirmkopie wollte ich Dir zeigen welche hotkeys mein DW CS4 vorgibt und dass diese (bei mir) funktionieren.
Du hast bestimmt nachgesehen, aber trotzdem (wir wollen den Fehler finden, also nicht HB-Männchen spielen), könnte es sein, dass Du in der Aufregung die shift-Taste oder den num-lock festgestellt hast?
Und mein Link mit der Liste sollte Dich dazu bringen, die verschiedenen Tastenkombinationen (die bei uns alle mit Strg beginnen) auszuprobieren. Auf diese Weise könntest Du feststellen, ob vielleicht nur einzelne Tasten Deiner Tastatur nicht funktionieren.
Wie sieht das in anderen Programmen aus (WORD, Excel usw.)? Funktionieren da Deine hotkeys?
Ist die neue Tastatur eine mit Funkmaus?
Hast Du in der Zwischenzeit nochmal die alte Tastatur angeklemmt?
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Free space on Start-Up (Mac OS) Hard Disk. How Much ?
Else read.
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Cable
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• White MacBooks - don't
• MacBook-Air - don't
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but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
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from LKN 1935.
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from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
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a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About . . / More . .
under Firewire.. what do you read . . ?
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mbolander
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jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
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The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
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Computer model and external Hard Drive.
Operating System.
FCE version.
Camera type.
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