Help, voice over with my camera

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[Adam J Demientieff] “with my dv camera via firewire”

Well, I can with MY camera, but I know which camera I have.

You might want to tell us which DV camera YOU have. 😉

At any rate,
1) put your camera into Camera (not VCR) mode (don’t put in a tape, so it will stay ON)
2) connect a mic to the camera and set it up for the talent
3) make SURE you have FCP set to: View (menu) > External Video > OFF
4) put the video clip (or edtied sequence) you want to VO into the Canvas
4) Choose: Tools (menu) > Voice Over
5) When you’re ready to go, hit the Red Button on the VO Tool.

Make sure you wear headphones for monitoring (and make sure the Mac’s speaker is OFF.)

[Adam J demientieff]

I am using a sony dcr trv 900. I followed your steps but I still get no channel when I hit record. Any other ideas to help me? Thanks
Adam

[Adam J demientieff]

It worked! I think my computer was not communicating with my camera because I am using a capture deck. I used the firewire connection from my deck and plugged it into the camera and it worked. Also I had to change the source option on voice over to DV. Thank you for your help. Now I can get to interviewing.
Adam

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

[Adam J Demientieff] “I think my computer was not communicating with my camera because I am using a capture deck.”

Yes.
FCP can only correctly operate with ONE deck OR one camcorder connected to the Mac via FW at a time.