abhi262 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hi i have recently re-installed mac os 10.4.8 on my external hard drive. however, when i installed iLife '06, imovie HD doesn't work. by this i mean when i run it, the program does not allow me to click on the buttons (themes etc.) and doesn't respond to any clicks there. if i try to import music, it imports the music into the movie but after this it crashes and won't respond to any clicks (ie it won't play the video). does anyine have a solution for this? the following are my specs: Dell Dimension 9150 1gb ram Ati radeon sapphire x1950 pro (pci express) soundblaster external intel pentium 4 (dual core) 3.00 ghz thanx in advance for any help. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Try updating quicktime. iMovie is based on quicktime, and I had trouble with quicktime until I upgraded it. Don't know if this will work, but you can try it... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 i can't realy update it as internet on my mac is still one of the things on my "to do" list. do you think it could have to do with the fact i don't have quartz extreme or core image enabled? i tried to avoid doing this as im not too great at using terminal Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 you probably don't have QE/CI enabled with your vidcard. try going into system profiler->graphics and see if it says "quartz extreme: supported" and "Core image: supported". if not, then try this: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...75&hl=x1950here good luck! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417210 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Download the update somewhere and move it to your computer with a flash disk... It's worth a try... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 ok let me just try this. i don't currently have qe or ci supported (says not supported for both) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted July 30, 2007 Author Share Posted July 30, 2007 ok now i tried the patch, the installation went smoothly and then it asked me to reboot. i did so but when i rebooted os x wouldn't boot up and all i got was a black screen. i think it is probably because of the fact that that patch was made for the xt or xtx versions of my gfx card, mine is just the pro version. anyway, i re-installed my JaS 10.4.8 along with ilife '06 and iMovie HD still doesn't work. does anyone have anymore ideas (btw i don't really mind how many times i have to reinstall os x to get it to work seeing as iMovie is the best ) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 hmm.. i don't know too much about at x16XX cards (I have an intel GMA950) Did you try titan/natit from your install dvd? Or you can give this a shot: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=52826 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-417917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 I i will give trying the titan/natit from my install dvd a shot. the only reason i didn't choose it first time round was becasue i thought it only works when you choose no extra options when installing. btw i don't have a x16xx card, i have a x1950 so i don't think that patch would work thnx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-418057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 btw i don't have a x16xx card, i have a x1950 so i don't think that patch would work oops.. sorry, i wasnt thinking straight let me know how it goes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-418248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 ok i just tried the titan from my os x install dvd (it was called something along the lines of "titan support for ati x1xxx") but after install, all i got was the black screen after my first boot (like what i got with the x1950 xtx patch i tried earlier), so this has not really worked. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-418358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 hmm...i've got bad news... i've been searching the forums high and low, but I haven't seen anyone get a x1950 Pro running with full support. the x1950 XT/XTX will work with full QE/CI... apparently, the drivers are not built into osx, so someone (a developer) would have to write them. unfortunately, the best solution if you really NEED to run iMovie is to buy/borrow/steal a different card that will work with OSX86. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...p;hl=x1950+pro# Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-418985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 i guess i will have to dig out my old x600 if i want it. my x600 did have qe ci supported but imovie had a tendency to crash a lot unexpectedly. but then again that was in 10.4.6, so i will have a go in 4.8 and see what happens Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-424791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted August 11, 2007 Author Share Posted August 11, 2007 ok, no i have not tried out my x600 again partially becasue i cannot find it and partailly because i have had a think about this and after a test, i have come to the conclusion that it may be so that no quartz exterme or core image support may not be mucking up my imovie but it may be the install i have of it as i have read of people who have backed up legit copies of ilife and found them to work but other copies have, so it could be the copy of ilife that i have that is causing the problem. i came to the conclusion that it is not the QE or CI as iDVD works perfectly fine and as far as i know, they both work in the same (ish) way. in idvd i get the preview running while i work and it even burns properly so if it was the QE or CI problem, i am sure that iDVD would not work either. a friend of mine has already got ilife 08 (lucky guy) and thought that maybe if i borrowed it from him and installed it, iMovie may work, so i will try although it may take time. are my thoughts correct? thanx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-425076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 ok i have now got the dvd from my friend but when i try to install, it tells me i need version 10.4.10 and i am still in 10.4.6. what would be the easiest way to upgrade? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-426249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 getting a newer install DVD and reinstalling from scratch. just look at how many people kill their hackintosh updating. if you have an external hard drive, move everything there so you don't lose it. OS X cannot natively write to NTFS, make sure its Fat16 or Fat32. HFS+ if you're really picky about OS X, but Fat16/Fat32 would be much more compatible with other operating systems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-426563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 yeah i would recommend getting at least a 10.4.8+ Install DVD then using 10.4.10 update floating around on Piratebay... Another thing you could try doing is installing ilife via Pacifist. that way, you'll skip past the version check... might not work though, idk. lucky... I wish I had ilife 08... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-426809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi262 Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 using the update and all is fine but i would really want to upgrade from 10.4.6 as in 10.4.6, i get airport support, something that i do not get in 10.4.8 when i try the dvd, which is why i want to avoid that method. also, where can i get this pacifist app from? when i googled it, the only app it came up with was one that allows for you to be able to extract .pkg files. if this is the one, how could i use this to bypass the version checker? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-428240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tran.man48 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 yep, thats the pacifist you're looking for... basically what it does is allows you install all the packages manually, without using the installer. I came across some other topic about doing this, and the original poster ran into problems getting it to run, etc. I take back what I said earlier, don't use pacifst to install ilife '08. You can use a 10.4.8 install dvd, and if you want your wireless working, just backup the corresponding kext from 10.4.6 and replace it after installing 10.4.8. What kind of wireless card do you have? this will give some insight into what kext you need to back up. In fact, can you post specs to your setup so I can see if it'll be possible to install 10.4.8? on a related note, you may have a better time trying to get your video card running with a newer install and kernel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-428454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
badeavasile Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 So it's bad news... I got a Palit Radeon x1950 GT Super (512GDR3, 256bit) on AGP 8x... It's quite a muscle VGA that can take anything, including hevy overclocking... I intend to use it on my home-made Mac... can anyone help me? Without CoreImage &QuatzExtreme I'm doomed! Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/58388-imovie-hd-wont-work/#findComment-496497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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