FCP won’t capture.ahhh

[Marc Poirier]

At this point, we’ll have to go into debugging mode…

have you tried changing your firewire cable

can you tell me what your system settings, user settings and capture settings are in FCP

if u want u can send me screen capture at triaxes@videotron.ca

markyyy

[The Corporal]

ok they’re seemed to be some mix up with the replys but here it goes again.

External device is Lacie D2 250Gb with 100Gb free. definatly enough for a 15min clip to be captured.
it’s the same device that is used in conjuntion with the powerbook without any problems.
the final cut is a full legit copy (not some cut down p2p version).
any ideas?
thanks in advance
Lec

[Marc Poirier]

[the corporal] “ok they’re seemed to be some mix up with the replys but here it goes again.

External device is Lacie D2 250Gb with 100Gb free. definatly enough for a 15min clip to be captured.
it’s the same device that is used in conjuntion with the powerbook without any problems.
the final cut is a full legit copy (not some cut down p2p version).
any ideas?
thanks in advance
Lec”

Since everything seems to be OK, we’ll have to start from the bottom…

Check your System settings, try changing your Firewire cable, what are your capture preset, have tried capturing with a different software…That could give you a better clue on weather its a software problem or a hardware problem.

Also you could try capturing your video and audio to different drives…

let me know,

markyyy

[Shannon Brame]

Do you have anti virus software running?

[The Corporal]

Hi. yeah. yeah thats a good question. I have Norton auto protect ON. However it’s the same setup as the powerbook which can capture without a problem.
I have tried a few cables & it dosn’t seem to make a difference, The capture pre-set is changed between PAl & PAL (anomorphic).
The machine captures fine when running through Imovie so it’s just FCP thats affected.
any more ideas?
thanks again
Lec

[Marc Poirier]

Yeap! you could turn off NAV autoprotect… flush the preferences again…(since it worked after you did it the first time)…

then…maybe get in touch with apple, and list all the steps you did…

Since I’m only capturing in NTSC format, I don’t know if there is a difference in the software’s logic…Apple might now it more than me…

keep us posted

good luck,

markyyy

[The Corporal]

I’ve jsut turned off Auto protect and trashed the prefs & everything seems like it’s working now
time will tell though
cheers for that.
Lec

[The Corporal]

I’ve just turned off Auto protect and trashed the prefs & everything seems like it’s working now
time will tell though
cheers for that.
Lec

[Marc Poirier]

cool!