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dropframes when capturing
Hi, this is probably pretty basic but it has me baffled.
i’m logging & capturing miniDV tape (ntsc) from a panasonic camera i’m using as a playback deck. I’m running FCP 5.1.4 on a MBP. i’m capturing at ntsc 48 & am now having the problem that I keep getting an error message that says FCP has detected dropped frames & i have to restart the capturing.
Can someone fill me in on why this might be?
Thank you for any help.
Mike
“Rage against the Dying of the Light”
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4 Replies
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Are you capturing to a drive other than your built in system drive? Is that drive formatted Mac OS Extended? Are you using a firewire express card adapter, as all the firewire ports on ANY Mac share the same bus?
Shane
Littlefrog Post
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Hey Shane.
I’m capturing to an external HD usb2 connected & it is MAC OSX extended. but i am using a firewire800 for a differnt HD & capturing via firewire400.
Didn’t realize all the firewire share the same bus.
“Rage against the Dying of the Light”
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“I’m capturing to an external HD usb2”
USB drives are not suitable for video editing they do hot have a fast enough continues data transfer rate for video.
Capture to the Fire Wire Drive
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if all else fails you can capture to your internal HD then transfer to the external drive later.
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