Does DVD Studio Pro 4 Work In Mountain Lion OS 10.8.3 ?

Although I don't run 10.8, and therefore can't say from first hand experience, there are numerous reports in the FSC Discussion Groups of people happily running the whole suite on 10.8. I can also say I've encountered no problems in running it on a MBP with 10.7 installed.

As for updates, you could go here.

Good luck,

Russ

DavidMac wrote:

Russ:

Well, evidently "DVD Studio Pro 4" won't install on an Intel iMac.

Well, it all depends on how one acquired the software.

PS: Just curious Russ .... how are you able to run "DVD Studio Pro 4" on your MBP with 10.7? Is the MBP Intel? Can you tell me the "version" of "DVD Studio Pro 4" that you have installed?

Was there an Intel version made of "DVD Studio Pro 4" that I don't know about?

My DVD Studio Pro experience only goes back to Final Cur Studio Pro 2, which was released in 2007. According to Wikipedia (had to look this up) the first universal binary version of FCS (and I assume DVD SP) was released a year earlier – in 2006. Earlier, it was also possible to purchase the software as a stand-alone product.

FCS 3 was Intel only, and of course was discontinued in 2011. Although that's what I have currently running on Lion (and Snow Leopard), I had previously run the entire FCS 3 suite on Leopard and Tiger…and FCS 2 on PPC (also Tiger).

Back to your situation: If your version is universal binary (2006 and later) you can install it, but you'll need Snow Leopard to get the PPC installer. (Even though the apps ran on Intels, the installer was PPC.) Apple offers the 10.6 install disks for – I believe – $29. There are numerous threads in the FSC forum of how to do this. If it is not universal binary, then I don't have any ideas – other than getting a PPC dedicated to DVD authoring. (The machines should be pretty affordable.)

It's possible that some of this history is not precisely accurate. In which case, I trust someone else will step in and correct it.

Good luck.

Russ

Thanks David,

I have the older version of FCP Studio 2 but it did come with DVD studio Pro 4.2.2. I get the message that this version of DVD studio Pro will not load with that OS. I tried to transfer the App from my old iMac and it opens but all the templates and content are missing. I guess FCP Studio 3 has some upgrades that make the pro apps loadable on OS 10.8.3.??

I have been making the very painful transition to FCP X but I still have 80 % of my customers that want DVDs and since I film large sporting events that I have to encode 50 to 100 seporate files I like batch processing them in Compressor then importing the Mpeg files to DVD Studio Pro which makes burning faster with out waiting for each one to encode. I make a montage and bloopers that go on each DVD so I need to use a DVD template which the new FCPX/Compressor system does not support. I have Toast 11 Pro that I'm able to do all this with but it will not correctly import the seporate audio & video files that Compressor creates. Anyone know of a DVD Autherizing program that will work with Compressor files?

Again thanks David!

Jeff

DavidMac wrote:

Just hope this version of Final Cut Studio is supported in future Apple OS updates!

That's a perennial concern with those of us who have these legacy apps. At some point, we know an upgrade is going break FCS3 and those who want to continue to use it will need to take a pass on the upgrade.

Good luck.

Russ

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Russ

Hello David,

I am having exactly the same problem as you had, I have just bought a iMac 27'' with Mountain Lion and after buying Final Cuat Pro X I have realized it is not totally valid to authorize DVD as DVD Pro does. Fortunately I have had my money back and I don´t know what to do. Should I install Final Studio 3 as you suggest and see if DVD Pro is compatible with Mountain Lion 10.8.3 or would it be better to return my new iMac and buying another second hand iMac with another version compatible with my Final Cut Studio 2. I am in my apple care time so I can take any path.

Thank you very much for any input.

Miguel.