plasm Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 So I got iMovie HD 6 yesterday, I was very excited to have a unibin of iMovie, because that was one of my intentions for installing OSx86 in the first place. So the install goes well, I make a new project and then the trouble starts. I can import video, but I just can't click anything else!!! The volume slider won't move, I can't switch timeline views, I can't drag clips, or even play them. The different menus like themes and stuff don't do anything...All the menus are grayed out too!! And one wierd thing, if I click out of iMovie into another app like Safari, clicking on iMovie's window won't select it again. I have to go down to the Dock and click it to select it. It's a wierd situation, I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem or knows why?? My computer's specs are at the bottom. Thanks in advance!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scousi Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 Try installing the Ilife 06 Registration.mpkg first and then install with the iMovieHD.mpkg. Mine wouldn't install at all until I did it this way. This made it work .. but I haven't extensively used it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasm Posted January 14, 2006 Author Share Posted January 14, 2006 Thanks for your response, but it didn't help. The same goes for iWeb too...This is frustrating...Anyone else out there with SSE2 and iLife '06 apps?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyliner34 Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 I get the same problem for iWeb and iMovie HD. Looks like OSX86 days is over for our SSE2 users . Unless Maxxuss comes up with a patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 someone sent me a snapshot of the iMovie 06 theme menu. It said that "to be able to view the themes, you must have 10.4.4 installed". Is this true? If so, I'll have to put off buying the disk until 10.4.4 hardware is available. Who knows what else is crippled due to an OS version. Edit: To the original poster, I have seen others work iMovie functionality on an SSE2 processor and I didn't see them have the problems you are describing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tek_No Posted January 14, 2006 Share Posted January 14, 2006 By reading the comments made by the demonoid torrent users you need to be on 10.4.4 to get these working so I guess Apple found another way of preventing Osx86 users from using their latest application software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasm Posted January 15, 2006 Author Share Posted January 15, 2006 (edited) Not true about the themes. Pianoman found a fix. Contact him for info in win2osx on irc.osx86project.org. It's pretty straightforward and easy, but it doesn't fix my problems. But it has fixed sportman's problems with themes and it will probably fix yours too EDIT: Oh yea, btw iPhoto works fine, and I hope Garageband does...It's almost done installing. Edited January 15, 2006 by plasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miranda363 Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 someone sent me a snapshot of the iMovie 06 theme menu. It said that "to be able to view the themes, you must have 10.4.4 installed". Is this true? If so, I'll have to put off buying the disk until 10.4.4 hardware is available. Who knows what else is crippled due to an OS version. Edit: To the original poster, I have seen others work iMovie functionality on an SSE2 processor and I didn't see them have the problems you are describing. Yes it's the horrible truth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun3 Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Not true about the themes. Pianoman found a fix. Contact him for info in win2osx on irc.osx86project.org. It's pretty straightforward and easy, but it doesn't fix my problems. But it has fixed sportman's problems with themes and it will probably fix yours too EDIT: Oh yea, btw iPhoto works fine, and I hope Garageband does...It's almost done installing. if you have a fix for the themes menue, could please post it. would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 (edited) Hi, Someone on the 'other' forum discovered that the old trick of changing the version and build numbers OSX reports seems to fix iMovieHD. Basically you need to edit /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist. Change it to report 10.4.4 and the build '8G1165' (the build number for the 10.4.4 shipped with the new iMacs) Anyway, this apparently fixed iMovie, and might help with other problems for other apps. I think this is the most compatible we can be with the release intel 10.4.4 until someone cracks the real one. Cheers Edited January 17, 2006 by munky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 What other side effects are there with other apps wanting version 8G1165? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 domino: i dont know, but it certainly seems, from the example of iMovie 06, that unibin apps are checking the version they're running on, and failing (or misbehaving) if less than 10.4.4 if it doesnt fix anything, or it makes things worse, it can easily be changed back. i know i'll be setting it on my 8F1111G build tho, as i think it is more likely to help than hinder. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Now that I think about it, you are right munky. I just have to remember that I changed the plist. If something breaks because of it, i know i'll forget that I modded the plist. Out of site, out of mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasm Posted January 18, 2006 Author Share Posted January 18, 2006 Thanks a lot for your responses guys, I tried what munkey said changing the build, but that didn't help at all...But I'm glad it works for others :pirate2: Garageband & iPhoto work extremely well, I don't know about iDVD though, I haven't installed it. I would go to the other forum, but it is down, and I hope it's not because of Apple........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miranda363 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 (edited) iMovie is very processor intensive I created a slideshow from .jpg images and added audio and a few effects and transitions I could hear the cooling fan really whirring and the activity monitor hovered around 50% and that was only in playback Edited January 18, 2006 by miranda363 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleiman Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) i'm getting a blue tint when I try and play a video in iMovie. Is anyone else getting this? Edited January 22, 2006 by suleiman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheerio Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I am having this same problem as well. THe only thing i can do is use the top menu bar (ex. file, edit, view) and hotkeys. I tried changing systemversion.plist but it did no good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ7 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Do you all have QE and CI supported? I went through that trouble and ended up buying a support ATi X700 AGP 256MB video card to solve it. As soon as I was able to turn on Quartz Extreme and Core Image, iMovie came right to life. Hope that helps. -AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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