• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  FCP does not detect Firewire devices

  Posted by Bcoonrod on December 30, 2005 at 4:19 pm

  Hello all,

  FCP does not detect firewire devices. I have a 1Ghz powerbook with OS 10.4. I am using FCP5 with a Sony DSR20 deck using firewire. When I am just working on the laptop and not with the deck or camera FCP works fine, but when I turn on the deck or camera, FCP won’t detect that a firewire device is on. I have changed firewire cables and plugged in the firewire directly into the laptop but FCP will not detect the DV device. I have purged the prefs too. Is there something else I have forgotten about.

  My flow is laptop firewired to the harddrives which is firewired to the deck to the monitor.

  This is puzzling.

  Thanks to all.

  Bob Coonrod

  1 Ghz powerbook, OS10.4, FCP5

  Enzo Tedeschi replied 20 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Bcoonrod

  December 30, 2005 at 5:08 pm

  Also, is there any plugin issues with this firewire problem?
  Thanks in advance.

  Bob Coonrod
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  Enzo Tedeschi

  January 1, 2006 at 7:29 am

  Have you done an external device refresh from within FCP? Also, FCP prefers it when your deck is powered on before you launch the App.

  I have never actually ever tried to digitise to a hard drive from a camera that was daisychained on the same port (if I have read your post correctly that’s what you’re doing?) – I don’t think that’s gonna work anyway…

  Enzo Tedeschi
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