• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  capturing to external hard drive

  Posted by Popeye on January 30, 2006 at 1:37 am

  Hi,

  i am new to this community. i am trying to capture to an external hard drive. My drive is connected to my G4 (via firewire), and the camera is connected to my external drive (also via firewire). When i try to log and capture, in the Log and Capture window it reads “no thread” where it usually reads “no communication” or “VTR ok”. Where can i change my prefrences or settings so that the camera is detected and read through the external drive as the source of the capture? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  thanks,

  popeye
  Montreal, Canada

  Alexander Gao replied 20 years, 7 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Shane Ross

  January 30, 2006 at 8:21 am

  What camera? Is it on the list of supported devices? Plus, are you using FCP or FCE?

  Did you turn on the camera before you launched…wait…no thread? Is there a tape in the camera? When a tape is inserted into a camera, it is “threaded” around the playhead.

  Shane Ross
  Alokut Productions
  http://www.lfhd.net
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  Popeye

  January 30, 2006 at 6:10 pm

  Shane,

  Thanks for this. I hope it’s as simple as that. i’d feel stupid if you were right. i will be in my office tomorrow to try it out and will let you know. thanks again,

  popeye
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  Alexander Gao

  January 31, 2006 at 9:26 pm

  why don’t you just capture to your computer but set your capture scratch to the external drive?

  Alexander Gao

  “When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

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