Vid blah... and grrrrrrr

[ash48]

First the grrrrr..... Hubby just upgraded the Mac to the new operating system and suddenly none of my clipping software works. MPEG streamclip won't run the mpg's (my clean copies), the .mov's play only sound in realplayer, I can't friggin' clip in the new Quicktime - sure, it looks very sexy and all and it has this way awesome trimming thing but there doesn't seem to be a way to export it to .dv so I can use it in FCE! In fact it doesn't have "export" as an option at all! What's the use of that!

Looks like we need MPEG-2 play back component for Streamclip which costs $20. Not that that's expensive, but why would an upgrade suddenly make files unreadable in Streamclip?! I know I just have to be patient and wait for my Mac genius hubby to work it all out. And he will (*meep* he better!) It's just I want to play NOW!!!

*breathes*

I was taking a vidding break anyway. *nods* I was. Really. Though I have just put "Battle for the Sun" on my timeline and I have a bit of a plan for this song.... but... hmmmm, we'll see, it ain't going to be easy me thinks...

Sorry to rant.... I feel a bit better now. Damn technology. I mean, I love it really, but.... *sigh* not when it gets complicated on me.

Comments

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

You can partition your hard drive and have the old OS on one partition for your familiar aps, and the new OS for other stuff. You'll have to back up everything to reformat, then put everything wherever you want it afterwards, which is a pain in the neck, but worth it. Husby needs to learn better Mac manners!

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Husby needs to learn better Mac manners!

Yeah - but I'm pretty sure he didn't know this was going to be a problem.

It doesn't make sense to me that an upgrade should change things so radically. Hubby is a bit of a Mac wiz, so I know he will sort it out. He's been trying to find a particular component or some such thing... He did restore QT7 for me so I can still do some stuff on that.

Thanks hun.

[mara-snh.livejournal.com]

Some upgrades are worse than others. The latest upgrade won't work at all on the pre-Intel Macs. I'm sure it's a hardware/driver issue. The manufacturers of your key software should have patches for their registered users by now. Shame on them for putting you and others in such a bind! Good luck :-)

[ash48.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know there are often glitches with new upgrades - though Mac upgrades are usually pretty good - compared to PC's that is.

We found the fix, just a matter of spending $20 for the MPEG-Play back component. Still a bit of a pain though.

Thanks again.
xx