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Final Cut or AjA thinks the Tape Machine is busted, but its not.
I’m trying to get our brand new system to work.
Dual 2.7 G5 running OS 10.4.1. Just installed FC-Studio. Downloaded the new drivers from AJA for my IO and installed them.
Everything seems to be communicting well, but….
When I try to capture from tape about half the time the capture will quit with a warning message that reads:“Tape Trouble. Check VTR. Do not attempt to eject tape or use transport without checking VTR first”
The message comes up a few seconds into the capture. Got the same problem with “Capture Now”, “Capture Clip” and “Batch Capture”.
The tape deck is a Panasonic D-750 (DVC Pro). It has been working fine with FCP HD on this same machine for about a month. The tape deck does not seem to have anything wrong with it. The tape keeps playing even after the error message comes up. I have tried playing with the settings for Device control presets, but without any luck.
So any ideas? Is there something I can do to make the whole process less sensitive to any tape jitters?
DWR
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11 Replies
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I have the same Panasonic Deck and the same issues with it. According to AJA the issue is with FCP 5, and will be fixed in the next point upgrade.
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I am experiencing the same problem with my Digi DVW-A500P deck so it appears to be a wider spread problem. Hopefully Apple will sort this sooner rather than later.
Anybody not experiencing this issue.?
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Repair permisions sorts it..did for me.
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I switched the tape deck with an identical machine from the next room, and now that problem is beat, sort of. Now if I can figure out all the other wirdness with this “upgrade”.
DWR
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Ok seriously, how in the world could repairing permissions correct this issue?
Thats like repairing permissions cause a cd wont play.
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[isoprophlex] “Ok seriously, how in the world could repairing permissions correct this issue?”
Exactly what I was thinking. AJA tech support explained the details of this problem to me, and in no way could repairing permissions fix this problem. Its all on Apple to fix this one.
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Sorry, but it worked for me.After you load up an application its always a good idea to repair permissions.
Apple recommend it. Thats all I did and it worked. Now getting 30 min plus …. SDI 10bit captures whereas before 4-5 min max.
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Permissions controls a lot of file types. It wouldn’t surprise me if this worked. Alas, I cannot test the theory not having the new Studio on Tiger. Why would you “not” try it?
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Oh I am always willing to try anything that will narrow down the source of the problem and repair it… But for a issue such as this, it just didnt seem a fit (but happy if it worked of course) – I guess the component that controlls the deck got tweaked…
I like to find out what actually is the source of the trouble, and that way better understand how it works and why something may not be in the future…
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FYI I am suffering the same problem with a Sony DSR80. Finally resorted to hooking up a firewire player.
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