• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Capturing of a Retina Mac Pro via thunderbolt firewire adapter

  Posted by Warren Butcher on December 9, 2012 at 1:05 am

  Hi All,

  Just got a new MBP Retina (2.6 i7, 16GB, 512 Flash drive), and a Thunderbolt firewire adapter. I am trying to capture with FCPX 10.0.7 but all the system is showing is the laptops facetime camera. The camera I have plugged in a Canon XH-A1. its got a fully charge battery and I have left the power supply at work.

  do I need to have to camera on Mains power to capture to the laptop ? It doesn’t require seem to require it when I plug it into the firewire of my main work Mac

  Any idea what I am doing wrong or do I need something else to capture to the laptop..

  Any help would be greatly appreciated before I go slightly insane

  cheers

  Warren

  Warren Butcher replied 13 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Tom Wolsky

  December 9, 2012 at 6:54 am

  Is the camera in playback mode?

  All the best,

  Tom

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  Warren Butcher

  December 9, 2012 at 7:12 am

  Hi Tom,

  Yup its in VCR/PLAY mode, I have captured from this camera dozens of time with my macpro tower. no issues

  But I am suspecting that it may be that it needs mains power. but I just can’t find anywhere it will specificallly say this is how its done on a laptop

  cheers

  Warren
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  Nick Toth

  December 9, 2012 at 12:29 pm

  Maybe this will help?

  https://mobi.creativecow.net/thread/8/1058457
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  Warren Butcher

  December 9, 2012 at 9:29 pm

  Hi Nick

  thanks to both you and Tom, turns out that it wasn’t anything more than a faulty cable. Now capturing brilliantly

  Cheers

  Warren

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