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Another FCP Capture Problem
Ok, I am trying to capture footage that was shot on a Panasoinc DVX100. I am capturing using a Sony PD170. I am running a G4 1.67 GHz Powerbook with 2 gbs of ram and version 10.4.5 of mac osx. I am capturing using FCP 5. Here’s the problem. When I capture, the video becomes “blocky” at times and the audio randomly drops out, then I get the message “locating timecode break.” It does its thing then begins capturing again. I changed the user preferences so that it captures without locating the time code break, but the footage is still blocky and the audio still drops out, but it is always in a different place. I watched the footage on the lcd on the camera and it does the same thing. Does anyone know what causes this? Would capturing from a tape deck get rid of the blocky video and audio dropout?
p.s. This is not the first time this has occured. It does happen sometimes when I try to capture from a tape that was recorded by a different camera, but it does not happen all the time (and it has never occured using footage shot on a panasonic dvx100 and captured from a sony pd170 in my experiences).
Thanks in advance for the help!
DJ
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3 Replies
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Clean the heads on the camera
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Quad 2.5 G5
OSX 10.4.X
Ram 4GB
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3 -
Thanks for the tip, I’ll try doing that. The only problem is that I have another tape that was recorded at the same time using the PD170 and it plays back fine and captured with no problems. Any other suggestions?
Thanks again for the help!
DJ
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The tape could be damaged. A better deck may play it better. I had a tape that was under water and I didn’t have that much problem with it. Try using the original device that recorded it.
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Quad 2.5 G5
OSX 10.4.X
Ram 4GB
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3
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