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importing from dvd, vhs
Hello everyone,
I’m working on my first project and I’m trying to capture stock corporate footage on dvd and vhs by playing it and using the a/v output through a advc-100 and then a firewire to my G4.
Ok, now on with the probem.
I see the images in the capture screen preview and when I try to “capture now” it stalls for a 1-2 seconds and says:
“Capture now has reached the end of the tape. All existing footage between the point where you started the capture and the end of the tape was captured sucessfully.”
I cant get a frame of footage…
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6 Replies
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Since the footage you are trying to capture has no time code, Do you have the deck control set to ” non-controlable” Then are you capturing to another hard drive? Don’t capture to your system drive if at all possible. Thirdly, we would need more info about your system, Mac type, ram, software versions and such. This will help us better advise you.
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3 -
I was attempting to use the a/v outs from a dvd player into a advc-100 dv converter into by g4 (specs below)
Thanks,
Christopher Ballou
Dual 1 Ghz G4, 1.5 GB SDRAM, OS 10.3.9, FCP HD
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Have you tried digitizing in iMovie? If it works then it should be a software setup of FCP being the issue. Do you use the easy setups in FCP? Have you limited your length of capture? Limit it to 5 minutes, and see if that helps. It sounds more like FCP is interpreting the DV converter’s signal wrong. Do you have a DV camera or deck to test with?
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3 -
iMovie worked, I imported and put the quicktime in FCP.
Do you know how I can switch the scratch disk in imovie?
The conflict must be with FCP HD, thanks for all the help
Thanks,
Christopher Ballou
Dual 1 Ghz G4, 1.5 GB SDRAM, OS 10.3.9, FCP HD
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the easiest way to go about fixing this problem is to close the log and capture window, reopen it and press play. that error appears just because the play button is not selected.
good luck with your first project.
peace and love
jeremy -
What ever hard disk you save your iMovie project to becomes the scratch disk. As for FCP not digitizing, it’s not a hardware issue. I would trash prefs and try (I’m sure you have already). Hard drive journaling could be an issue, do a search on the FCP post. After that FCP could have just lost it’s mind. If someone else has any other ideas or options I’m running out quick without being at the machine.
Hope this helps-
Matthew
Dual 500 G4
OSX 10.3.5
Ram 1.38
FCP 4.5/AE 6.5/DVDSP3
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