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FCP Quitting Unexpectedly While Capturing
Hi,
I am editing on a Mac Book Pro Intel Core 2 Duo with 2.4 GHz processor speed, 4 MB L2 Cache per processor, 4GB Memory and 800 MHz Bus Speed. I am running Final Cut Studio 2 and I have a G Tech GRAID 500GB external storage device as a scratch disk. (Nothing is older than 7 months)
Currently I am attempting to capture a bunch of sony dvcam tapes using a consumer panasonic mini dv camcorder (I was told this is a good cheap way to transfer any kind of mini dv tape, unless it is HD, and has worked for me in the past).
My problem: When watched through the camcorder the tapes run fine but when I attempt to capture them through Final Cut, the program quits unexpectedly after a few seconds. I usually just hit capture now and log the whole tape but I also attempted to batch capture a pre determined clip (a few minutes long or so). When I did this it would capture a few seconds then rewind to find a break in time code and resume… then everything quit unexpectedly again.
I know my computer is not a MAC Pro or anything but I bought it and upgraded it specifically under the impression that it would have more than enough power to run FCP. I have captured plenty of video before and use other FCP Studio 2 programs along with Adobe CS3 Design Pro apps with no problem.
Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong or have any tips to make this not happen? Any help is GREATLY appreciated as I am now under deadline to digitize about 40 of these tapes… Thanks!
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4 Replies
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I ran into this problem on a G5. Would not capture from a camera connected via firewire. I had an external firewire hard drive connected that was conflicting with the firewire device trying to capture. I believe this is a known Apple hardware issue. My external drive has USB so I switched over to that and everything works great. Do a search on Apple’s support section, or Google and you’ll find some info on this.
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Buy an FW 800 express card and attach G Raid to it. Use FW bus on MBP for camera/IO device.
sean oconnell
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I have run FCP on an older Powerbook and avoided the FW conflict by running the camera into the external drive directly and running FW 800 from the G RAID to the computer.
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USB drive? No dude, no. Not unless you enjoy dropping frames. Glad it works for you, but I’d never recommend using one for video editing with FCP.
Kevin Monahan
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Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
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