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fcp won’t see camera, and yes I have tried trashiing prefs, etc.
Hi All….
I have read the thread of trashing the prefs, and going to View(menu) and changing it to “All Frames”. I select “All Frames” it reverts back to “off”. I can capture on my laptop, but not on my G4 dual 1.25. I have recently put in an ATI radeon 9800pro card so Motion will work. But I don’t think that should keep the computer from seeing the camera? Can anybody help? And this is the thread i have tried and it none of it works….
This list contains about everything to try to enable:
a. External Monitor VIDEO and AUDIO via FireWire & DV deck or camcorder.
b. Viewing in the Canvas window on the computer screen.
c. Being able to record on the external FW DV deck or camcorder.Try things in this order until you find the “cure”:
1. Make sure you have only ONE (1) FireWire deck, camcorder, DV capture “card”, or D-to-A converter or video device attached to the computer at a time. Any more than one DV device can cause loss of signal and control.
2. Make sure you have View (Menu) > External Video> All Frames set.
(If the ALL FRAMES option is grayed-out… jump to step 6 below and continue.)
3. Make SURE your Canvas window (right window) in FCP is set to “Fit to Window”… AND that it has not been “pushed off” the edge of the computer screen.
4. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu (Box Icon with broken sides) is checked on Image or Image+Wireframe… NOT just Wireframe.
5. Make sure your CANVAS View Menu is checked on RGB… NOT just Alpha.
6. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Easy Setup… is set for DV-NTSC (or DV-PAL, if that’s where you are).
7. Some camcorders/decks work better under “FW (NTSC/PAL)” -or- “FW (NTSC/PAL) Basic” control (in the capture settings). Try either setting to see which works best for your device.
8. Make sure your Final Cut Pro (menu) > Audio/Video Settings > A/V Devices (tab) > Mirror on Desktop > must be CHECKED. (If not, playing video will not appear in the Canvas.)
9. Make sure the “Log and Capture” Window is CLOSED and not just “hidden” behind other windows.
10. Turn off the power to the Camera/Deck/Converter Box, then turn it back ON.
11. Make sure the camera is in VTR mode… or the deck is in DV (DV, iLink, or FW) input.
12. On a Sony camcorder or deck, make sure the menu setting “A/V > DV Out” is set to OFF.
13. Re-check that your FW cable is well-connected at both ends (or try a new cable).
14. Important: Quit FCP, then Restart FCP.
15. Now again, make sure you have View > External Video > ALL FRAMES set…If it still does not work. “Trash” the FCP Preferences on the Mac
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html“FCP Rescue” is a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences.
It will also restore your user settings afterwards.
Download:
https://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14729>Then, start again at my “step 1” above.
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3 Replies
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Well, that was a lot of good stuff to try. But, when FCP can’t see the camera, these won’t help much. As you may know, when you try to start FCP it looks for a camera or deck and if it doesn’t see it, it won’t start or it asks you to bypass it. So, the first thing you need to make sure of is that the camera that is attached to your computer is on before you start FCP and that the camera is in the vtr mode. This and the firewire you are using are the only things that would stop FCP from seeing the camera. So,if those two things don’t work I would reinstall FCP.
Good luck.
Joseph -
Have you recently upgraded from Panther to Tiger? If so try this:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
Jeremy
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thanks guys…throwing the quicktime files away worked!!!!!!!
Thanks Jeremy
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