Serial Number Works for Final Cut Express but not Compressor

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Serial Number Works for Final Cut Express but not Compressor

When I enter the product serial number I used for Final Cut Express to activate Compressor, a message comes up which says, "The serial number you entered is not valid." I literally copied and pasted the same serial number to activate both programs, and it works for FCE, but not for the Compressor application that came with it. I also deleted the system IDs in the Library/Application Support/ProApps folder before I tried activating both programs.

Final Cut Express 4-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Oct 17, 2011 11:56 AM

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ben_moore Author

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Oct 17, 2011 12:06 PM in response to ben_moore

Is Compressor part of the Final Cut Express package, or do I need to buy it separately? It came with FCE, but do I have to buy a serial number? Why would Apple include Compressor on the CD if I can't use it?

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Oct 17, 2011 12:59 PM in response to ben_moore

To my knowledge, Compressor was never included with Final Cut Express. It was part of the Final Cut Studio package, which also included Final Cut Pro. The current version of Compressor (v4) is available separately from the App Store but there is some confusion as to that version's ability to work properly with files from FCE.

-DH

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ben_moore Author

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Oct 17, 2011 5:00 PM in response to David Harbsmeier

Ok, I wasn't sure about that. Thank you, David.

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Alchroma

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Oct 17, 2011 6:37 PM in response to ben_moore

ben_moore wrote:

Is Compressor part of the Final Cut Express package, or do I need to buy it separately? It came with FCE, but do I have to buy a serial number? Why would Apple include Compressor on the CD if I can't use it?

If you have some Pro audio apps on your Mac it's possible Compressor is on your system.

Compressor as found in Final Cut has never been part of FCE.

Refer to David's comments about buying seperately.

The new one is recommended for FCP X and FCP X is a whole new deal compared to FCE.

Al

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