Final Cut Pro 4 requires 16 gigs for install?

[clubmedia]

i got this in from ken stone.



Hi Guys,

Well, just one week away from the release of FCP 4. I can't wait.

I have a new article for you. Partitioning a Hard Drive in OS X - Jaguar.
With the imminent release of Final Cut Pro 4, with its attendant 16 gig
install, many of us have found that our boot partition is no longer big
enough. Now is a good time to get your boot drive ready for FCP 4--or it
could be that you simply want to partition a second non-boot drive.

Found in the White Paper Section

<http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_osx.html>

Enjoy,

--ken



i know we have big hard drives now, but that is the biggest amount i have seen a program require yet

[iJon]

thats only if you want the soundtrack stuff and livetype. but it gets even better, you have to have a dvd rom to install.

iJon

[LethalWolfe]

FCP 4 is so big because it's almost like 4 programs rolled into one. Livetype, soundtrack, compressor, and Cinema Tools could all be stand alone programs but they are now all part of FCP 4. Much of that space though is taken up by media associated w/ Livetype and soundtrack.


Lethal

[Gymnut]

If this happens to be so, whew, thank goodness for that second 120GB HD.

[stoid]

Well, there's one way to make it pirate proof, make it so damn big that even high-speed internet will take a week to download it :p :p :p :p

[Gymnut]

Originally posted by stoid
Well, there's one way to make it pirate proof, make it so damn big that even high-speed internet will take a week to download it :p :p :p :p

True dat. Tho I wouldn't doubt there will be some unscrupulous individuals who will attempt the dirty deed done dirty cheap!<--ACDC!

[mymemory]

Originally posted by stoid
Well, there's one way to make it pirate proof, make it so damn big that even high-speed internet will take a week to download it :p :p :p :p

I was thinking about that too but, don't worry, that mean that you may get see a pirate copy just a week later than you expected.

I still with FCP2, it is avery good soft.

[DreaminDirector]

wow, looks like my 800 mhz (40 GB) powerbook isn't getting this. So much for me and mobile editing in FCP4.....

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by DreaminDirector
wow, looks like my 800 mhz (40 GB) powerbook isn't getting this. So much for me and mobile editing in FCP4.....

Just get some more Firewire drives. You should have them already if you are cutting on a laptop.


Lethal

[clubmedia]

Originally posted by LethalWolfe
Just get some more Firewire drives. You should have them already if you are cutting on a laptop.


Lethal

still debating an upgrade g4 processor...

[solvs]

Is the install 16 GB?

I know it's supposed to be, like, 4 DVDs. I just thought that was for the extras. Royalty free tracks, effects, and rest of the extra stuff already mentioned. Maybe some stuff we don't even know about yet.

If it's 16 GB, it better have some good compression. DV takes ~13 GB for an hour. MP4 abilites maybe?

Or can FCP 3 already do that?

[ear2ear]

The "thousands" (?) of loops available in Soundtrack must play a huge part in that overall size. I imagine one can choose to not install this segment of the program.

[crassusad44]

Originally posted by DreaminDirector
wow, looks like my 800 mhz (40 GB) powerbook isn't getting this. So much for me and mobile editing in FCP4.....

You can still do a minimum install (1GB) and use Offline RT for editing on your PB, and transfer to a PM later. 40 GB is nothing for the Pro video user anyway...

[Pismo]

Can you imagine how long it'll take for 16 gigs of data to be installed on your hard drive? CRAZY! I thought the Developer Tools took a while to install and that's only 1.2 gigs. It'll probably take a while to start FCP4 up for the first time too. My 2 cents.

[sabbath999]

Thanks to Apple Store shipping it to me early, I have the box right here... says on the side 1GB of disk space require for application installation, 5 gb space required for Soundtrack content and 9 gb space required for LiveType content.

I am still at work, I have not installed it yet (it's for home), so we will see how it goes.

[macphisto]

Now that is my kinda program! 16 Gigs,...beautiful. Good thing most video guys have massive amounts of storage space.

So here is a trivia question, does anyone have an answer? What is the largest installed piece of piece of software? Excluding all os. Well, okay that and os? Final Cut must rank up there in the top 100. :)