batch capture problem

[Bouncing Account needs new email address]

The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.

Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

[Nick Price]

Your clip needs to have adequate room for pre-roll. i.e. if the clip is logged at 10.00.00.00, then there needs to be timecode previous to that from at least 09.59.58.00. You can adjust the preroll amount in the device control settings, but under 2 secs might couse problems.

Also if your tape has broken timecode then this become a major problem. Check the “capture across timecode breaks” in the user preferences, and that might get you somewhere. If the tape does have timecode break all through it i would suggest dumping it down onto another DV tape, so you have continuous timecode.

cheer
sNick