Pacifist to Downgrade Quicktime

Are there any unforeseen problems after using Pacifist to downgrade from Quicktime 7.4.1? I'm about to do it, but don't want to get any other surprise problems.
Thanks.

Why do you want to downgrade? Whats happening?

Michael Horton
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Thanks for the response. This is what happened...I
captured a lot of footage and ended up with many files
with the extension -av. Now I know that that is bad,
but at the time of capture I had no idea. I have been
working for months with these files without any
problems. I just opened my project and they are now
all offline. The files are in my drive, but they won't
open in quicktime or reconnect through fcp. The only
thing I did before opening my project file was install
software updates. People are mentioning major problems
with Quicktime 7.4.1 (but not this particular one
because most people are smart enough not to work with
files that have -av...big mistake on my part.)

Ken Stone sent me this article
[www.macfixit.com]

Does it sound like the downgrade may solve the
problem?

I also want to make sure that downgrading won't cause
other problems. I'm overseas with my laptop and
drives...no installation disks or anything. And I'm
up against a deadline.

Thanks so much for any suggestions.

Well it wont hurt. I dont know what that av extension is in this case. Thats weird. Any other updates you did other than QT 7.4.1? Pacifist wont hurt. Its passive. Often with Quicktime simply reinstalling does the trick, but pacifist is a nifty tool.

Michael Horton
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I did the following updates: Quicktime, OS, Java, iTunes, Pro Applications, Compressor, Prokit. Could it be anything else? I'm going to go ahead and give Pacifist a shot. I'll let you know if it works.
Thanks.

Hard to say. Let us know

Michael Horton
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Pacifist worked....Hallelujah! I don't know if there are any 'side-effects' yet, but I'll let you know if anything arises. Thank you everyone for your help and input.

This av extension is a new concept to me. Anyone have any more information on this?

-Vance

Mentioned in another post down the line -- Final Cut will create an AV- file when it can't glue together everything it just captured....can be a loose firewire connection -- aborted capture - program freeze - you name it -- can create an enormous hard drive eating file -- often saying it just ate all the space on the drive -- used to happen at odd times in earlier versions of FCP but not in this latest one - at least not hear.

Solution was the usual repair permissions etc -- dump that file and try again Never had it related to a version of quicktime though Andy