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capturing
i am fairly new to final cut pro, and i have been having some problems with capturing. eveytime i go to capture footage from my camera to the computer, using a dv firewire, it will stop capturing in the middle of the process and in the capture window at the bottom it will say “locating timecode break”. can anyone tell me how i can simply capture all the footage on my camera at one time? thanks!
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You’d best start by giving by giving the full configuration of your system, what’s the computer, what are the drives, what is the camera, how is everything connected, through what ports, what settings are on the tape, and what settings are you using in FCP?
All the best,
Tom
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” DVD
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Tom’s correct – you should get in the habit of posting details of your system (hardware – computer, drives, capture cards, camera; software – which version of the OS, FCP, QT you are using for starters) when asking for help. You can check some of the other posts here or on the Cow to get examples of that. The same “problem” could have a different solution/cause from one system to another.
It would also be helpful to know:
1. what kind of camera you are using;
2. what device control you are using (capturing settings tab in the log and capture window)
3. how are you logging & capturing your footage – Capture Now, Batch Capture, Capture Clip
4. In User Preferences, under “On Timecode Break” there is a drop down menu with 3 options, that decides what FCP will try to do on timecode break.
5. Does it only do this on this one tape, or does it happen with other tapes?
6. Play the tape at the problem area and see what happens with the TC at that point.
7. Have you tried capturing using another camera (not also an option)?Don’t forget that the cause could be entirely on the camera/tape side of things – usually FCP can relocate after a TC break quickly (and it’s better in FCP 5 then in FCP 4). The tape may just have a glitch – rarely, but I have run into that (it was towards the end of the tape.) Make sure the camera heads are clean.
Possible solutions or workarounds:
1. Select “make new clip on TC break” or “warn after capture” from the User preferences window. Then recapture your tape.
2. Play the tape around the problem area, then set new In/Out points and continue capturing (or using Capture Now).
3. If you don’t care about the TC downstream (ie, for recapturing footage from this tape with specific TC) you could select “Non controllable”.
Boyd
“Go slow to go fast”
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