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Can’t Capture now
When I press Capture Now … a little preview box comes up for a second and then it goes away. The clip name in the capture menu changes from “clip” to “Clip1,” but there is no captured clip in the bin.
Okay, I have an unorthodox set up. I have a DAT Machine, running through a converter box to get a firewire input to my computer. I have the video turned off and all the sampling rates matched. I can see the audio coming in on the levels in FCP. Nonetheless when I hot captre now I get nothing … any ideas?
DC
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4 Replies
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Are you using a non-controllable device preset?
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” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs
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Yes.
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Always make sure you have a clean, stable video signal running into your converter box when you capture in FCP, even if you don’t digitize it. So if your audio is coming from a DAT, you’ll need to find another video source to put in to the converter. A lot of decks will output black if you set it to standby, so that might be your best option if you don’t have a BB
OTherwise, Soundtrack Pro might be able to digitize without a video source
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Does your DAT machine have an optical digital output? If so, use the digital input of your Mac (Power PC or MacPro) to capture your music. Using Firewire will require a video source as well.
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