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  • Capture from XL2 into FCP 4.5

    Posted by Southern Videography on August 12, 2005 at 4:08 pm

    FCP does not recognize my XL2 as a deck in the capture mode. I have captured from it once before but now it does not read it. I can unplug the firewire from the XL2 and plug it straight into a sony camera and it reads fine. The DV selection in the cameras menu is switched to “on” but still nothing. I have been all over the camera settings and the manual and found nothing. Please help.

    Rob Forsythe replied 20 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Rob Forsythe

    August 12, 2005 at 10:16 pm

    Try turning the “DV Control” menu setting on the camcorder to “OFF”.

    To “wake-up” the FireWire connection to camera (or FW deck):

    1. Turn your camera ON and set to the VCR mode.
    2. Make sure the FW is connected.
    3. Quit FCP.
    4. Re-Open FCP.

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