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Aha! The holy grail (is that overstating it?) of FCP5 exporting. Users of DVD Studio Pro1-3 and FCP3-4 remember when you could export MPEG2 (for DVD compression) directly from FCP’s export menu without using Compressor.

Don’t get me wrong. Compressor’s a nice tool and everything - but for a simple MPEG2 export its kind-of a pain in my ass. I like the old days…

THE HACK
FCP5 seems to delete a package of files @ System>Library>QuickTime>QTMPEGExport.component. Check your box, you won’t have it with the newest version of Final Cut Studio.

CLICK THE PICTURE AND DOWNLOAD THIS ZIPPED FILE

Hehe. My best guess is that this is the old package that FCP updates erase (ported from an old FCP install). There’s no serial number attached to it this package.

Unzip the package and notice the “QTMPEGExport.component” is a package (control click - show package contents).

Close Final Cut Pro.

Navigate to System>Library>QuickTime> and drop the entire QTMPEGExport.component package in.

Open Final Cut. Attempt an export. The option will now appear in FCP>File>Export>Using QuickTime Conversion>(dialogue box)Format>MPEG2.

Return here and let me know your progess. Did this work for you? Any other ideas? Let me know.

(and the fucking disclaimer…download at and install at your own risk, author makes no claims about the functionality and safety of this process…thank you lawyers).