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Capture Problems with audio
Hello- I’m capturing clips straight out of camera via fire wire to G5 FCP 4.5 system. Working w/ DV PAL. I am trying to log interviews, but can not hear the audio from the clips while logging. If I go ahead and capture a chunk of the interview, the clip captures fine, with both audio / video & I can hear it playback in clip/timeline. Is there a setting that I need to switch to enable me to hear the interview while logging? If so what is it? I was looking for insight before I went bumbling around changing settings. Thanks.
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Duplicate the capture preset you are using now. When the capture preset editor opens, click on the advanced button in the audio area, and turn the speakers to ON…
Jerry
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FCP was meant to be rigged up with a video monitor that is being fed by your video deck or camcorder. (See pg. 55 of the FCP HD manual). Are you using a video monitor as you log? You should, I do.
In that case, the speakers should be hooked up out of the deck/camcorder, and not the Mac. So if you set your speakers up out of the deck/camcorder, you should both see the interviewee on the video monitor and hear the synch audio fed from the deck and playback from the FCP timeline. BTW, If you don’t have a video monitor, you can use a TV. My friend uses a Sony one with an S-Video connection and it looks pretty good.
Since you probably aren’t set up this way you are experiencing unreliable and unpredicatable behavior from FCP. If you are set up the above way, then most of your troubles in editing DV go away.
Now the problem lies in that you can’t hear your Mac’s audio through your speakers: no iTunes/Garageband/Soundtrack, etc. So what to do then? Just get a Y-split adapter cable from Radio Shack or get a small mixer. I use a Mackie 1202.
It is possible to work with FCP without properly monitoring video, but then you’ll need to change your Audio Video settings for Audio Out to built in.
Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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I just installed FCP 5 and went to turn speakers on following the instructions on this thread and this site.
“Duplicate the capture preset you are using now. When the capture preset editor opens, click on the advanced button in the audio area, and turn the speakers to ON… ”
Only problem is I don’t see an advanced tab in the audio area. Any ideas as to where this might be found in FCP 5?
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Hi Brian- I’m working on FCP 4.5. This is what I did. Not sure if it’s different in FCP 5.
I went into audio / video setting
Go to Capture presets
I’m working in DV PAL, spo I clicked on that & then hit Duplicate key
In next window in Quicktime Audio Settings / advanced box lower left hand corner.
Next box you will see option for speaker On/OffHope this helps.
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