Hello, I am trying to use FCP Compressor (version 3.0.1) to compress a Quicktime file exported using Avid Express Pro 5.8.4. I am unable to see video (but hear audio) when I open the Quicktime using Quicktime Pro (version 7.6.4) therefore being unable to use Compressor. What I am wondering is if the reason it is not playing on this computer is because there are Avid Codecs on the export that this version of Quicktime is not able to read? And if so, is there a program that I can download that will give Quicktime the Codecs it needs to be able to read the file. I am assuming the other option is to export without the Avid Codecs, but I really want to figure this out so that I can play any file on this computer. Any help or suggestions is very much appreciated!

Hardware Overview:

Mac OSX 10.4.11

  Model Identifier: MacBook2,1

  Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

  Processor Speed: 2 GHz

  Number Of Processors: 1

  Total Number Of Cores: 2

  L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB

  Memory: 1 GB

  Bus Speed: 667 MHz

By any chance, is this Snow Leopard? If so, you need to install the QT 7 option  in order to play Avid codecs.

Are you taking this quicktime to a different machine than the one you have Avid installed on? If so you need to install the Avid Codecs. Here is a link for the leopard version.

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=274627&Hilite=avid+codec

If you're running Tiger (10.4.11) you'll need this one:

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=266781&Hilite=quicktime+codecs+for+tiger