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  • fcp preview disabled

    Posted by Marmaduke on September 20, 2005 at 10:32 am

    running FCP on g4 powerbook
    taking in footage from Panasonic dx100 via firewire
    having the ‘preview disabled’ problem
    never happened b4. can control camera from keyboard but no picture on computer screen
    can take footage into imovie fine
    has anyone found a definite answer to this or reason for it.
    have tried all suggestions i have found via google searvches
    help!! tearing hair out

    e

    Jerry Hofmann replied 21 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Jerry Hofmann

    September 20, 2005 at 2:51 pm

    Is the FW cable on it’s own bus, or is it looped through a FW drive? if so, that’s probably the problem. Some drives allow for this, and others simply don’t. The fix is to add a FW bus to your PB via a PC card…

    Jerry

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