Re: [Avid-L2] Challenges to a throwback system

When you get the Access error, is that if you try to reinstall the codecs? On a a Mac it's fairly easy to manually remove and add the codecs. I think they are at Mac HD>Library>Quicktime. The simplest solution might be a full uninstall and reinstall of Media Composoer - that will get you back to your starting point (but do uninstall first).

On 1 Apr 2013, at 17:17, Ian Gardner wrote:

> I'm offlining on a MC v2.8.3 running on OSX Tiger (10.4.11)
>
> Client recorded a live broadcast in the truck on a HD recorder (make and
> model unknown just at the moment). I received a hard drive with HD QTs
> (1920x1080) that had been o/p using the DNxHD codec. Initially, I was
> only getting the top half of the video frame and downloaded and
> installed the Avid QT Codecs LE v2.3.7 without backing-up my existing
> codecs. Now, I'm not seeing any video from the new footage and for good
> measure, my Tiger-compatible Meridien codecs are MIA rendering useless a
> number of QTs needed for other projects.
>
> I tried reinstalling from my MC DVD but the installer keeps crashing-out
> (LE and PE) with the following message (same whether installation is
> attempted from the DVD or copied to HD and tried from there):
>
> Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
> Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xffffffff
>
> The AvidCodecsLE_1.8MAC seems to be the last that supports Tiger but
> when I try to install them, I get an error message "You cannot continue.
> There is nothing to install."
>
> Oy...
>
> In any case, from the sound of it I'm not likely to be able to source
> this footage as-is. This isn't the end of the world as I only need a
> short clip which could be converted elsewhere. But I do want to be able
> to return my system to its former state vis a vis the QT codecs.
>
> TIA
> Ian
>
> p.s. I have the update to MC v3.0 stashed on-system and could upgrade
> the OS to Leopard. However before I go that route, I would like to make
> sure I'm not visiting a new-and-different world of hurt on myself. I
> also notice from the v3 ReadMe that the v.3.0 release can only be
> installed on a clean Mac with OSX Leopard. Any advice is welcome and
> apologies for what's tantamount to a necro-question
>
>
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 2013.0.3267 / Virus Database: 3161/6218 - Release Date:
> 04/01/13
>
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>

With best wishes,
Roger Shufflebottom
+44 7973 543 660





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