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Firewire FCP problems
I’ve been having this problem on and off for a while. I captured a bulk of stuff, and started editing. When i needed to capture again, i got a ‘Unable to read capture device – preview disabled’ message in my log and capture window. I’ve come to it 2 or 3 times since and it’s worked right off the bat, but 95% of the time it gives me that message. So i can’t be sure if it’s my camera or the firewire port on the mac, i’ve tried using multiple cables.
Any ideas?
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do you have device control?
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Hector,
What kind of FireWire product is it. What bus are you using, FW800?
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This is a fairly common error message, for me anyway.
Try refreshing A/V devices (under view menu).
Make sure your device control and capture setting are correct.
closing the window, then re-opening sometimes works too.
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I’m capturing directly off my Sony PD100A via firewire. I don’t really know anymore details. Whatever is standard to that camera and the MacBook.
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Do you mean, can i control the device even though i cannot see an image… i don’t think so, i’ll double check…
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Hector,
If you have iMovie try to see if its works. If you can capture with iMovie then you know your FW is OK.Mac OX 10.5.2-FC 6.02-QT 7.4.1
G5 2x2Gh 4GbRAM-BlackMagic Extreme
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JVC DTV-17″
SONY EX-1 . SONY PD170
..and always a big mess on top of the table.
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