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HDV not capturing video
I shoot sometimes with an HDV camcorder and routinely capture the video to FCP 7 with no problem. Yesterday, I set it up and it was working fine when I set my in and out points to do a batch capture. When I selected Batch Capture I noticed that the capture screen went black. FCP was still controlling the deck, but there was no video. I made sure video and audio were still checked in the capture tab and they were. I trashed the preferences a couple of times but no change. Same thing this morning. I know the cable is OK because I am now capturing in standard DV. I even switched from the deck to the camera and it still won’t capture the video. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Leonard
Leonard F.
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Was this the same camera that shot the tape? Try that if not.
It sounds like you have a tracking problem with that camera’s tape… so using the same camera may help here. If it’s off enough, you’re likely outta luck. One thing that I’ve seen happen is folks reusing consumer tape… that is a big no no… if you use the pro tape, you can re record a bunch, if not, you shouldn’t…
If you can get a camera or deck to simply play the tape, you could dub it to your other HDV device and use the dub to capture into FCP… that might straighten out a problem caused by a tracking error in the recording.
Lastly, I’ve seen reseating graphics cards fix this… but only if you’re on a tower of course.
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Thanks for your ideas. It’s not the tape. I was able to capture the tape using the standard DV setting. It’s something in the software or hardware.
Leonard
Leonard F.
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