FCP (and iMac G5) will not recognize Firewire DV Input

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FCP (and iMac G5) will not recognize Firewire DV Input

Posted by Starttherevolution on November 8, 2007 at 4:59 pm

So, a couple of days ago, my otherwise working system – Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 on an iMac PowerPC G5 – stopped being able to capture footage via Firewire DV cable from my Panasonic MiniDV camera. The camera and cable work on a separate computer, I have an external HD that works on both Firewire ports, I have rebooted, removed receipts and reinstalled Quicktime, upgraded to Final Cut 6, even tried using iMovie to no avail, and done all the other stuff listed in the multiple forums online.
My questions : is there a way to reset the video input control/protocol? is there something (hardware wise) i could try to fiddle with?
thanks for your time.

Brandon Ivey replied 16 years, 5 months ago 6 Members · 10 Replies
10 Replies

Jeremy Garchow
November 8, 2007 at 6:15 pm

As a test, quit FCP, unplug the firewire drives, open FCP and try again.

Just seeing if there’s a bus conflict.

Jeremy
Tom Adams
November 9, 2007 at 6:27 pm

i’m having same problem…but only using a pansonic dvx100a. I tried connecting a panasonic-PV GS200 minidv camcorder(w/ firewire) and that worked fine.

when i plug the dvx100a in…the silly imac’s built-in camera comes up in the capture window…so it seems like there’s an internal overide of firewire going on here…

any tips?

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions

“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
info@reelifeproductions.com http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

1.4Ghz DP mirrordoor G4
OS10.4.10, 1GB memory
FCP studio2, 850GB Graid external Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1
Starttherevolution
November 10, 2007 at 1:42 am

done tried it, to no avail. i also tried another camera, with no luck. does anyone know if disconnecting and reconnecting the physical port would help/reset anything/etc?
Jeremy Garchow
November 10, 2007 at 2:51 am

So the camera works elsewhere, the firewire port works with other devices, it’s just that your firewire port doesn’t work with your camera, but it used to. That’s a new one on me.

You followed this?

https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852

Jeremy
Tom Adams
November 10, 2007 at 3:17 am

yep. it’s more like the new imac G5 is not compatible with dvx100a firewire?

anyone else heard of this…. the odd thing was that the imac’ss built in camera seemed to be overiding my firewire connection….

weird indeed. good thing the imac station is not my primary edit station.

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions

“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
info@reelifeproductions.com http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

1.4Ghz DP mirrordoor G4
OS10.4.10, 1GB memory
FCP studio2, 850GB Graid external Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1
Jorge Lozano
April 15, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Dear Tom I am experiencing the same problem with my power book and also with my G5 / They don’t recognize my panasonic dvx100a. have you found the solution ? I have already gone to signatures and Library and re-installed Q.Time but it didi nor work.

I will appreciate any help.

yours truly

jorge
Tom Adams
April 16, 2008 at 2:49 am

jorge,

sorry…i never was able to figure out… must have been an compatibility issue with my panasonic dvx100a camera …but i ended up using different configuration and the imac recognized a jvc minidv firewire without any problems.

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions

“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
info@reelifeproductions.com http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

1.4Ghz DP mirrordoor G4
OS10.4.10, 1GB memory
FCP studio2, 850GB Graid external Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1
Jennifer Baez
November 3, 2009 at 2:45 am

Hello there,

I’m having the same problems. My iMac G5 (with FCP) won’t recognize my Panasonic DVX 100a.
I’ve tried the firewire cable and camera on another computer, and they do work.

Any solutions?

J
Tom Adams
November 3, 2009 at 4:50 am

YES. i just ejected a lacie firewire drive (attached with 800 cable) that was not in use, fired up fcp and it works.

there appears to be a correlation with firewire (lacie only?) drives that make the capture not possible when it’s plugged in. audio feed and video video is being passed “through” but not in the capture window until i ejected and restarted fcp. works like a charm with the “unneeded” 800 firewire NOT plugged in.

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions

“cool digital video stuff…not boring or dumb”
http://www.reelifeproductions.com
Williamsburg, MA, USA

Power Mac
FCP studio2, 2 TB + 850GB Graid external Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1
Brandon Ivey
December 4, 2009 at 3:42 pm

We have a guy here with a new mac pro that just started having this issue yesterday. Thing is, the fix that was posted didnt work. I think it is because he is running Snow Leopard and had FCS7. Any ideas?

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