Firedrives disappear after turning on MiniDV Camera

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The first thing to always try is to Quit FCP, Restart the Mac, Open your FCP project and try again.

Next:
THE FOLLOWING COMES FROM THE KEN STONE WEBSITE:
“Over 5,000 years ago Confucius wrote: ‘If you are toiling away, you have changed nothing and FCP heads South on you, [starts behaving in strange ways] then it is time to trash your FCP Preferences.’ ”

Click the following link for instructions.

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/trashing_fcp_prefs.html

A great way to do this is to use “FCP Rescue” a free Apple Script that will Trash the Preferences for you (and restore nearly all of your user settings afterward).
There are versions for FCP (Pro) & FCE (Express) and a new one for FCP 5.

Download these free Apple Scripts at

https://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
or
https://pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue/

This is one FCP tip that has helped in solving hundreds of “odd” problems.

[Eoin]

Thanks… It did not work.
I debate if it is a FCP thing or a OS.
But, there is nothing new or odd to the sytem.

[Chuck Reti]

Is the FW drive bus powered or externally powered?
If externally powered, is the power supply plugged in to the mains and into the drive case?

[Walter Biscardi]

Did you format the drive before you started using it? The drive will automatically mount the first time you turn it on, but you should have erased and re-formatted it before starting use.

Also, ensure the drive is running on its own power and not trying to run off the Mac.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Eoin]

The new drive appear to be the issue. I removed it from the system and everthing worked fine…
I will change power suplies and see if that is the issue.
Thanks for your help.

[Miodrag Ristic]

Do you have another hard drive connected to your Mac?
If yes, then that’s why, Canon and Lacie is the worst possible combination (more due to Canon)
because of their proprietory FireWire.

My FCP doesn’t recognise (slightly different problem from yours) my Canon GL2,
when my 2 Lacie drives are daisy chained.

Try to connect your Lacie HDs to your Mac via different FireWire ports
(i.e. one to FW 800 and other to FW 400).

To completely solve the issue, install another FW in an empty PCI slot,
because no matter how many FW ports you’ve got – they all run through
the same FW card.

Mick

[Eoin]

Thanks.
This appears to be the issue. One drive it works fine, two it stops….
I will have to figure out a work around, sonds like more $$$.
Thanks for your advice…

[Walter Biscardi]

[Eoin Vincent] “The new drive appear to be the issue. I removed it from the system and everthing worked fine…
I will change power suplies and see if that is the issue.
Thanks for your help.”

Are you running this off a laptop? If so, one drive is all you can run with a camera. you cannot daisy chain FW drives and run a camera on a laptop.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters