• Apple Final Cut Pro

  Digitise old S-VHS Tapes

  Posted by Nevile James on July 17, 2018 at 6:16 am

  I have been digitising some old S-VHS tapes using Final Cut Pro 5 for a couple of years.

  This morning, the system just doesn’t work – I just get a “Preview Disabled” message.

  The S-VHS recorder is working fine and the Sony DSR-25 is producing an output (checked on a much more modern machine).

  Nortynev

  Jeremy Garchow replied 7 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  July 17, 2018 at 11:43 am

  Try trashing preferences.
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  Nevile James

  July 17, 2018 at 3:06 pm

  Thanks for the response – are you able to give me the path of the file?

  Nortynev
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  Jeremy Garchow

  July 17, 2018 at 3:59 pm

  It’s been a really long time since FCP5.

  Hopefully this will help: https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

  But you have to hold option and use the “Go” menu from Finder to get to your Library folder.
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  Nevile James

  July 19, 2018 at 2:54 pm

  Unfortunately, I cannot get it to work.

  I have given up, and am now capturing the videos through Quicktime on a iMac.

  Thanks for your suggestions.

  Nortynev
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  Jeremy Garchow

  July 19, 2018 at 5:01 pm

  Did you try reelecting the DV easy setup?

  I believe you this control-q, and choose the DV easy setup. The DV deck has to be on and plugged in to firewire before launching FCP5.

  Wow, this brings back so many memories! 🙂

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