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HELP: no Firewire in FCP 4.5!!
I have a huge problem. I’m trying to capture from a Sony PD-150 via firewire into FCP 4.5, under OSX Tiger 10.4.3. I have full deck control, and FCP can read the timecode, but no image. Under the A/V settings, it says the firewire is “missing.” I have tried changing from Apple FW to Apple FW Basic, trashing preferences, running Diskwarrior, repairing permissions, and it still won’t work. But of course, iMovie works fine… Since iMovie works fine, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my FW port or cable. I have two cables anyway, and there’s no difference in behavior from one to the other.
Everything was working fine until I installed Tiger. Can anyone shed some light on what my problem is, and how I can fix it?
-Tim Crowson
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7 Replies
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Thanks, I’ll give it a shot, although, this pertains to FCP 5, and I’m still under 4.5.
I’ve been wanting to upgrade and get the whole production suite bundle, but I’d rather do so under my own terms, so to speak.
I’ll try the link you sent me and see what happens. -
This has to do with Quicktime 7 and Tiger. QT7 and FCP 4.5 sometimes don’t play well. QT7 plays much better with FCP5, but maybe you will be fine.
“If you notice a loss of connectivity between Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express and your DV camera or deck after upgrading your versions of Mac OS X and QuickTime, here’s what you can do to resolve the issue”
This is the first line of the notice and this totally pertians to your situation and does not have to do with FCP5 at all.
Good luck
Jeremy
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I tried the trick, but to no avail. I wonder if there are other such receipts, or even extensions, that are interfering.
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Do you have any other drives attached? Shut down. Unplug everything except your keyboard. Turn it back on. plug in your camera, then turn it on. Launch FCP. Hit control-q to do dv ntsc easy set up. or upgrade to fcp 5.
.Jeremy
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Yeah I did all that, except that I’m on a (loaded) Powerbook 1.5GHz. No problems before QT 7 and Tiger. I was afraid I’d have to upgrade, but perhaps it would be for the best. Thanks for your help, though. I’ll still search Apple’s support DB and see what I can find.
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Also, a fresh install of Tiger (not an upgrade) is highly recommended. You could also try and uninstall & reinstall FCP.
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