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FCP quits when capture prores 422 firewire
first off i read the article by chris how to capture using a firewire………I have a few HDV tapes and i am trying to capture it into FCP2 using a firewire Proress 422 1080i 29.97 HQ. I start the capture and it starts working but a few minutes in FCP closes with no warning and it doesn’t make a clip for what it captured. if i capture a short clip it works no problem but i have a few hours worth of video and i want to capture atleast an hour or 30 min at a time ……
I am using a mac pro 8gb ram i have plenty of room on my hard drive to capture….i tred using my local hard drive and capture to my raid and same problem…. -
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What kind of raid? Do you have any other firewire devices connected?
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we have a fiber connection with a 4g fiber card connected to an adtx raid and their is plenty of through put. I have nothing else connected to the computer at the time of capture. if i take it in HDV it works fine. i tried a few different tapes and each one closes FCP at a different point. Sometimes it’s 5 minutes or 8 minutes into capture. the capture screen always says that the capture is in real time as well….I did however capture a few tapes that was shot HDV 24p and took it in firewire and was apple to capture what i needed about 6 minutes, with no problem using the prores 422 hq 1080i 24p……..
I am using the aja Kona seq prores 422 1081 HQ
Capture preset HDV – apple prores 422 HQ -
Don’t know why its not working, but try using the preset that’s not HQ. HQ is probably overkill when using HDV, and if it works you would never be able to see a difference except in file size.
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