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FCP not capturing footage properly
Running FCP 4.5 HD on a G5 Dual 1.8 ghz PowerPC
Capturing to a WesternDigital “My Book” external HD
Capturing off a Canon GL2 via firewire
Only recently I’ve been having issues capturing footage – essentially playback on the camera and in the log and capture window is 100% fine but once I set FCP to batch capture the file come up problematic.
The seem to lag on video – it will start fine but then the audio will continue but the picture will freeze. It will also jump footage and freeze frame again outside of the logged timecode even!
I first though it was a GL2 problem, like the heads were dirty, but they’ve been cleaned.
The other crazy thing is that iMovie has no issue capturing it!
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1 Reply
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Canon cameras do not work well when there are other devices on the same bus. Either put the FW drive or the camera on a separate bus using a card or capture to the internal drive without the external attached and then move the media over.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”
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