{"id":1724322,"date":"2014-12-12T15:21:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1724322"},"modified":"2014-12-12T15:21:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:21:42","slug":"the-video-player-in-pro-tools-11-shows-up-black-on-my-mac","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/the-video-player-in-pro-tools-11-shows-up-black-on-my-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"The video player in Pro Tools 11 shows up black on my Mac."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re trying to play video in Pro Tools 11 and the player is black, it may be due to the processor installed in your Mac. It is a known issue that Mac computer with Core 2 Duo processors cannot handle the video engine in Pro Tools 11. 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