John Phillips

I have used Jitter to bring Firewire DV video in and out on my MBP with Tiger without incident. With my new MacPro '08 using 10.5.4 and the latest QT, I can get video in but not out. This is true of all programs that use FW DV ins and outs (After Effects, Motion, FCP) and AppleCare doesn't seem to have a clue. My camera is an older Sony TRV-900. Some the pro-FCP forums said it was due to QT7.5 others said the camera is "too old" and other use the same camera...

Anybody have any experiences to share on this stricture? (using Max 5)

I have used Jitter to bring Firewire DV video in and out on my MBP with Tiger without incident. With my new MacPro '08 using 10.5.4 and the latest QT, I can get video in but not out.  This is true of all programs that use FW DV ins and outs (After Effects, Motion, FCP) and AppleCare doesn't seem to have a clue. My camera is an older Sony TRV-900. Some the pro-FCP forums said it was due to QT7.5 others said the camera is "too old" and other use the same camera...

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When did you get your MBP? If its anything like mine the Firwire bus is weak - maybe that is the problem? Do a google search on your firewire bus

Thanks for your thought, but it is the MBP that works well - the new MacPro desktop is the machine which doesn't output through the FW DV.

Have you recently installed any 3rd party codecs or anything else on your system. While I dont know specifics, I have definitely seen 3rd party codecs cause conflicts with other video output and input hardware. Be wary of things like XVID, 3VIX, Pernian, etc, which may be the culprit.

Also, it may not be. Do other firewire devices like drives, etc, work and mount correctly?

If you suspect 7.5, you can use pacifist and 're install' 7.4.5. Ive had to do this on numerous occasions, and, in fact, I am currently running 7.4.5 because I've been burned a few too many times by .0 releases :)

Thanks vade for giving some thought to this... the FW DV in and outs work fine with a newer Canon DVC-30 I borrowed from my employer. I wonder if that makes QT version more or less suspect?

Could someone walk me though how to use the pacifist QT re-install? I've got the program... I just don't know what to remove from where before re-installing. And will it keep my "pro" authorization (from Final Cut Studio 2)? I will bkup before attempting, but I'm getting cold feet about messing with things.

just install over. Thats what I did. I downloaded the stand alone package installer for 7.4.5, installed via pacifist (Apples Installer.app wont install since its an older version...)

(OT) problems with OSX 10.5.4 QT 7.5 and DV output in Jitter?