Is Quicktime 7.6.6 compatible with FCE 3.5.1?

Hi,
Is Quicktime 7.6.6 compatible with FCE 3.5.1?
I currently have Quicktime 7.6.4 and FCE 3.5.1 and everything works well. I see that there is an update for Quicktime 7.6.6. I think the update has been around for awhile.
I've been burned in the past with upgrading QT with older versions of FCE and just want to be sure. If it's not compatible I'll stand pat. I wish Apple would tell you if an upgrade will disable older software, but I know they don't and I have to guess each time or rely on the experience of others here on this board. Yes, I could always upgrade my computer, software, etc, but I would rather save my money and use my existing stuff as long as I can.
Thank you in advance for any insight.

I can't answer your main question, but if QT 7.6.4 is working perfectly why bother to update?
I know that psychologically we are programmed to crave the latest version of everything but in many cases there is no advantage whatsoever to be had.
Having said that, I must admit I have just upgraded from Final Cut Studio 2 to version 3, which I suppose makes me something of a hypocrite, but everything I need to do could be accomplished with the earlier version!

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Formats compatible with FCE......

Is theer a list of formats that are compatible with FCE?
Im after a small camcorder where the format is something like MOV or MP4 so that I can easily view the footage back on my system without having to mess about with other players etc.
Ive seen a couple of camcorders that output as MP4, but am wondering if I will be able to import this easily into FCE and iMovie?

To supplement Tom's response, FCE can capture/ingest DV, HDV and AVCHD from camcorders or decks that have appropriate connectivity (FireWire in the case of DV/HDV or USB in the case of AVCHD).
However you can import almost any other video *provided you convert it to QuickTime first* using either *Apple DV/DVCPRO* (NTSC or PAL as necessary) or *Apple Intermediate Codec* compression. Most people in this forum use MPEG Streamclip to convert other & odd video to QuickTime for use in FCE.

Formats .jpg .avi .mpeg are compatible with FCE?

What formats are in really compatible with FCE, I can't import nothing....
Then... how can I change the format to another?
Thank you very much!!

The only compatible video formats are DV, HDV and in FCE4 you can also use AVCHD.
Any other video format will have to be converted to one of those before it will work in FCE.
To convert them you will have to download MPEG Streamclip which is free but you may have to buy the QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component from Apple for $20.
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
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HT4008 Which Quicktime 7 Version is compatible with OS X 10.7.4?

Just got a new iMac and wanted to know Which Quicktime 7 Version is compatible with OS X 10.7.4? I want to set it all up and be done with it. Thanks!

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Which HDV Camcorders are compatible with FCE HD?

Where can I find a list of HDV Camcorders (preferrably Sony camcorders) whose video files are compatible and be edited by Final Cut Express HD? I have a MacBook Pro with FCE HD and now I am trying to decide on which camcorder to purchase.
Someone told me that tapeless (ie. Hard Disk Drive) camcorders are not compatible with FCE HD. Is this true?
So which camcorders are a) whose video footage could be edited by FCE HD and b) recommended by most?
Thanks for all your help!!

Hi(Bonjour)!
Currently, iDVD do not support HD on HD-DVD.
Toast does support it in his most recent version BUNDLED with HD DVD burner.
As I know, there are only 3 company who sell HD-DVD burner.
They are very expensive, same thing for HD-DVD blank media.
The "war" between HD Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is not over and the industry (cinema, computers makers, consumers) dont know what technology will win the market.
You can shoot in HDV, convert directly from your camcorder (with sony models, see specifications of your model), and capture in SD in FCE HD. (the result on the DVD is better than shooting in SD and the process is easy)
You can capture HDV footage in ... HDV project with FCE HD set for this format (with the help of Apple intermediate Codec), edit in HDV and print to tape on your camcorder to keep and view the edited HDV content on a HD tv set.
Once the burners will be avalaible at a reasonnable cost, you will recapture your edited movie from your saved tape, and burn the movie in High definition DVD. IMovie HD or FCE HD will do this job well.
Your MacBook does'nt have a HD DVD burner (like any mac sold currently), so think about an external one.
Michel Boissonneault

Will Quicktime Pro convert files compatible with Mac and Windows?

I'm trying to decide if I should upgrate to Pro 7.
I created a screen capture tutorial in Snaps Pro X which outputs a .mov file. Now I need to convert it to a cross platform version. Is that MPEG? I see that QT Pro 7 exports to MPEG-4. Is that compatible with at least XP?
Also can I do screen capture videos right in QT Pro 7?
Thanks,
Steven

QuickTime Pro can't capture your screen.
Your SnapZ Pro .mov file should be compatible (depending the your choice of codecs) with any machine that has QuickTime installed.

Is it possible that the camera itself isn't compatible with FCE?

Hello,
I am working on a macbook osx in final cut express with a JVC mini DV GR-D70U camcorder. I have set my easy setup to DV-NTSC but FCE is still not recognizing my camera. My camera is set on play back and connected with a USB. The last film I created was with a european camera, so maybe there is one more setting I need to change? Could it be possible that my camera isn't compatible with my operating system?
Thank you,
Emily

My camera is set on play back and connected with a USB.
USB will work for downloading stills photos but not for video from the tape.
Get yourself a 4-6 pin firewire/iLink cable and use Log and Capture in FCE.
The FCE Easy Setup sounds right for NTSC footqge.
Al

Are the fcp lpugins compatible with fce?

I am running the original FCE 1.0 Can't exactly afford to keep upgrading. (didn't use it when I got my new computer, now I am starting to)
if i download these free filters and transitions, are they compatible with both FCP and FCE and what versions.
I don't see anything on the sites saying anything about compatability.
Thanks alot,
Jason

Normally FCE and FCP transitions and filters are interchangeable as the two programs are virtually identical.
If you click on the hotlink below you will get access to over a hundred FREE Filters etc. :-
Ian R. Brown, "FREE TRANSITIONS AND EFFECTS FOR FCE/FCP", 08:49am Sep 13, 2005 CDT
Good luck in your quest.
Ian.

Less and less camcorders compatible with FCE ?????

Tell me if I'm wrong, but I'm looking at a lot of the 2007 HD consumer camcorders and there are less options available for MAC users. Even those at the $1600 mark. Are we going to see a decline in FCE use because APPLE is not stepping up to the plate? I mean c'mon, the APPLE compatibility list is so old, can they at least look at some new models and stick them on the list? I eman it's not alot. Look at the new Panasonic consumer camcorders, not many in HD but are they compatible? I'm hearing that are not with FCE, whereas the older GS models and others were? Whats the true story with this?

Hi(Bonjour)!
The compatibility list is obsolete, and in my own opinion it's give more confusion than information.
As prices go down for HDV consumer camera, the spec of camcorders going in the same direction.
Recording on hard disk or DVD allows to minimize the form factory of camera and the cost of the camera itself.
Push record, push stop, eject the DVD and watch the result on your TV: that's the consumer way to make movie.
In the vast majority, consumers do not edit movies ( do you remember plain 8mm film? "no editing" for the mass, same thing for VHS video) .
So camcorder's company focus on this mass of consumers: they simply don't need editing capability.
FCE is not used by the vast majority.
FCE is aimed toward prosumers and professional market: those persons do editing in an extensive way and the use prosumer or professionnal gears. Gears that use the reliable and mature system: DV (in all flavors) and HDV recorded on...DV tapes.
I'm pretty sure that the next generation of iMovie will support newer recording media (it actually support DV, HDV and mpeg-4(a mass consumers format) before apple PRO applications like FCE.
Michel Boissonneault

FX programs compatible with FCE HD 3.0?

I bought my copy of FCE HD 3.0 last year on the basis of an Apple customer service rep telling (and I quote) " there will always be an upgrade path to FC PRO". Techinically, that's still true but you have to buy the whole Pro studio package now just to get "MOTION".
As I delve deeper in the Live Type effects that came bundled with FCE HD, I realized that having a full fledged FX program would (or should) let me do things I want to do much quicker than mucking about in either Live Type or FCE.
Since Jobs & company have now gone over to the dark side and adopted the GATES mantra of "more money and don't forget to screw the little people", some of us can't afford the ultra bucks to buy a whole a suite just to get an FX program. My sense of betrayal by them is palpable.
So can anyone please tell me a decent FX program to get that will run on my G4 1.2 GHZ, OSX 10.3.9 machine that will be compatible with import to FCE HD 3.0? OR how to get a new and registerable copy of motion?
I'm pretty sure I will never buy another thing from Apple since they have zero allegiance to their existing customers.
Ken
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1.2GHZ

Here's a recent example.
I was making an opening screen in LIVE TYPE with a motion background and then had another 6 layers of motion objects that apperared and disappeared at different times. Some of the objects I chose played at full opacity and didn't give a smooth appearance of fading in and then fading out as another object was coming on.
The sceen was supposed to be similar to the big bang, but with other things happening before it and then dying out.
I discovered that there was no way to vary opacity in LIVE TYPE over the length of each layer (sort of fade in and fade out).
I realize I could export each object layer separately from live type to FCE HD and then change opacity in the time line, but the little light bulb went on and I said , hmmm maybe it's time to buy "MOTION" or some thing like it.
Ken

QuickTime X is not compatible with streaming video online ?

Hi guys
I want to know why QT X Snow Leopard is not as versatile as the WMP
Microsoft, I tell you my problem with the player on your Mac:
I live in Italy where I state that I have a DSL connection to 7 megs, and
then I do not know if this is the problem, however the player with Microsoft
is not.
I ask because in the view streaming movies with DRM
regularly purchased, and crushing the natural extension of
quick time on the website, can not read well and upload the video
in fact read streaming with Quick Time X buffer stops
always does not work well with loss of video quality, while
same video with WMP can be seen without problems.
I have the impression that the world media on the Internet works well only with WindowsMediaPlayer ... and that QuickTime is not fully compatible
Ciao !
massimo

What type of video files are you trying to view? It is difficult to view video files that are not QT files with QT! QT is not the same is WM! They use completely different types of files. To view any WM in QT you need the most recent version of Flip4Mac installed. This allows QT to use WM files, but usually not the most recent version of WM files.
Another 3 party app useful for QT is Perian.
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Can recommend a slim/mini video camera that is compatible with FCE ?

I have some technical problem.
My video camera is too big in size to film in between spaces. My friend has build a model of a few cluster of flats. He wants me to help him film the spaces between the flats from the bird's eye perspective. By bird's eye perspective, he meant to say he wants me to record what the bird can see if the bird fly surrounding the flats & between the flats & then make turns surrounding the buildings.
My present video is too bulky to squeeze into those small models.
I think the only way is to purchase a video camera that is so slim like a shape if pencil so that it can go in between the blocks.
Where can I buy this ? Will this type of video (if exist) records video in good quality & compatible with FCE4 ?
Thanks

Hi(Bonjour)!
You should look in Radio-Controled airplane model equipment. There are mini camera that mount on the model and broadcast the video on the air to a receiver that can be connected to a camcorder. You can connect them on any VCR
See example:
http://www.vimeo.com/2189945
one of the supplier of the KX-171 :
http://www.rangevideo.com/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=96
Other models:
http://www.trendtimes.com/camera.html
http://www.wonderhobby.com/smmiwicospyc.html
Google with "how to install a mini camera in a model airplane?"
Michel Boissonneault
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List of cameras compatible with FCE 3.5HD?

is there a simply nice list of cameras that are considered the easiest to use with FCE, maybe some pros and cons, that kind of thing?
Thanks

There are simply too many cameras from too many manufacturers for anyone to even compile, let alone update, a comprehensive list. That said, here's a general comment likely to stir up a debate:
IMHO, you achieve the easiest and most straightforward workflow with a firewire-equipped standard-definition mini-dv tape based camcorder from a manufacturer other than Canon.
Other opinions?

What consumer camera are using that is compatible with FCE 4?

And using an external drive (that is key, have to have soemthing that works with FCE4 and ext drive)
Hi, I am reading through these forums and there seem to be so many compatibility issues in the HD area. It looks like some are just user
settings and then others the actual camcorder just doesn't work with
FCE 4.
I am trying to find a consumer type HD camcoprder that will work with a INTEl based MAC abnd an external drive
The type of camcorder that is $1200 or less
But after readingt hese forums, it seems like more people have nightmares than good experiences with HD and final cut 4 at this point
I don't know what to buy or think
Thank you, sorry, it's just seems consfusing yet I can handle the editing and operating a camcorder but it's compatibility that concerns me (especialyy with hrad earned money and a possiblity that you can't return an electronic item, like a camcorder in some stores without a re-stock fee
Thank you!
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Hi there,
I am using a Sony HDR-TG3 (TG1 in the USA) and FCE4.0.0 and now FCE4.0.1.
FCE4.0.1 will allow 1920x1080i work were are FCE4.0.0 is limited to 1440x1080i with this camera.
I have an external Maxtor One Touch FW400 200GB scratch disk. I recently upgraded this disk to a 1TB. I bought a seperate enclosure Macpower FW800 unit and Samsung Spinpoint 1TB, 32MB Cache, 7200RPM SATA disk. I really just needed to extra work space. But the Maxtor on the FW400 was also perfect for AVCHD importing and editing in FCE from my Sony HDR-TG3.
Hope this helps.

Which Audio formats are compatible with FCE?

I just bought the cutest recorder, the Zoom H1 arrived today and it's going to be so handy for capturing audio files. As I'm playing with it, the WAV format it records imports and places just fine in FCE. But for some things I want a lower quality sample which will yield a longer recording time (like leaving it on for hour or more for lecture) and tried mp3 sample rate but the mp3 sample recording does not produce sound in FCE, but just a silence with blip, blip, blip...
Shouldn't mp3 work in FCE?
Also, I use Audacity and it opens none of the WAV or the MP3 and gives an error. I will be in audio 'he-double toothpicks' for a while until I learn how to capture, regulate, handle recorded files. Isn't there something like StreamClip for audio that will make your audio files compatible?
I don't know what I am doing here folks and need some advice please.
TIA,
Ken

R. Mitchell Fore wrote:
For use in FCE, your audio should be AIF at the same sample rate as your Sequence. There are a number of ways to convert from other formats. http://fcpbook.com/Audio1.html
Okay, I read that link and ordered Quicktime 7 Pro which charged me $29.99 and there is nothing to download. It turns out that it is just the key to unlock Quicktime pro from Quicktime 7. The problem is, I have Snow Leopard and am using Quicktime 10 so version 7 is an old version. I think I paid money for something I cannot use. Quicktime would have been the way to convert my files to AIFF. This is frustrating. Now I need to go find a way to get a refund from Apple.

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