Final Cut Pro 7 interaction with DVCPRO deck

[Mitchell Goldman]

I have bad news for you, Anthony: Apple stopped supporting that deck years ago (I want to say around the time of FCP 5 or maybe 6) and I don’t think it will ever work for you.

I was a confirmed FCP/DVCPro enthusiast, then I upgraded FCP and all of a sudden the deck stopped working. I tried every possible permutation of ports and cables and those cockamamie menu settings and re-booting and re-plugging but nothing worked. I asked around (as you have) but no one seemed to know.

I Finally started going through all the boilerplate documentation and, sure enough, I found a table somewhere of the hardware that Apple does support and my beloved 230H was conspicuously absence. Someone at Apple ultimately confirmed that it was a lost cause.

I was mad. How could they do that? It’s a great piece of gear and I paid some big bucks for it. I ended up selling it to a buddy of mine who had an Avid and he was very happy with it but that did not eliminate the sting of getting screwed by Apple.

I hope for your sake that I’m wrong (but I’m not).