Older Versions of Final Cut Pro

Jon Carlson · August 11th, 2008, 08:14 PM

I'm a PC guy, and I generally edit all the stuff I shoot in Premiere Pro. A client just took a bunch of stuff I shot on an external hard drive. They edit Final Cut, but don't have the latest version... they still have FCP 5, I guess.

Is there any way for them to work with either the BPAV folder or a converted MXF (from Clip Browser), or do they absolutely have to bite the bullet and upgrade?

Craig Seeman · August 12th, 2008, 08:11 PM

There may be workarounds but if time is money and they also don't want any encoding quality issues then they should upgrade to FCP 6.0.2 and up.

"A short cut that leads off a cliff is not the short cut most would want" Ancient proverb by person giving directions to lemmings.

August 11th, 2008, 08:14 PM	#1
Jon Carlson Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reading, PA USA Posts: 58	Older Versions of Final Cut Pro I'm a PC guy, and I generally edit all the stuff I shoot in Premiere Pro. A client just took a bunch of stuff I shot on an external hard drive. They edit Final Cut, but don't have the latest version... they still have FCP 5, I guess. Is there any way for them to work with either the BPAV folder or a converted MXF (from Clip Browser), or do they absolutely have to bite the bullet and upgrade?

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August 12th, 2008, 08:11 PM	#2
Craig Seeman Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY, USA Posts: 1,734	There may be workarounds but if time is money and they also don't want any encoding quality issues then they should upgrade to FCP 6.0.2 and up. "A short cut that leads off a cliff is not the short cut most would want" Ancient proverb by person giving directions to lemmings.