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Log and Capture – Not Finding Device
Ever since I upgraded from Final Cut Pro HD (4.5) to Final Cut Pro 5.12, I’ve been unable to capture footage. When I boot up FCP, it simply does not seem to locate my camera (as playback device). I simply get the ‘cannot locate Apple Firewire device’ warning. No matter how many times I click ‘check again’, nothing seems to work. Eventually, I simply click on ‘continue’. I then try and use the Log and Capture function and my log and capture windows actually come up without a problem. However, even though i can see the proper timecode in the righthand corner of my log and capture window, I still cannot see any of my image (though I can see it on my little LED camera screen).
I’ve changed firewire cords. I’ve re-booted system and Final Cut Pro. I’ve even looked in iMovie and I’m able to see my capture there without a problem. I’ve looked into the Audio/Video settings and made sure that Firewire NTSC was selected in the Device Controls tab. I also looked in the Video popup (on the Summary page of the Audio/Video Settings) and FCP is clearly not finding my device there. I see ‘Missing Apple Firewire NTST 720×480 Device’ within the popup here.
I’ve even hooked my camera and firewire up to my laptop to see if my camera deck was the issue. Played just fine in the log and capture there. What has happened when I upgraded my Final Cut? Furthermore, I uninstalled my FCP 5.12 and went back and reinstalled Final Cut HD 4.5 and now have the same problem there.
Machine specs: G4 PowerPC, 1Ghz Processor, 1.75 RAM, OS 10.4.9
Any ideas anyone?
In advance, thank you for sharing any of your expertise and insight!
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7 Replies
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Be sure you have the latest version of QuickTime.
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You have trashed preferences? We are left to assume that you are connecting a DV camera not HDV and that it was working perfectly with the same preset prior to upgrade. If this is not the case then please elaborate. Any details on how you upgraded? Just installed over 4.5 or a clean install?
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Billy, I posted this in the HDV forum….I had a similar problem with FCP 5.1.4 and a Sony M25 HDV deck. What worked for me was to make sure HDV settings are in place with Sony firewire deck control…close Final Cut and start the HDV tape playing. Then re-open Final Cut with the HDV tape playing and I was able to get control when I re-opened capture mode.
Worth a shot …hope it works!
Best wishes, Charlie
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Reading between the lines Charlie, Billy says his preset is firewire NTSC 720 x 480 so there is nothing to indicate this is an HDV issue at all.
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Thanks for the replies, everyone. I tried simply upgrading from 4.5. Then when that did not work, I uninstalled everything and did a total install of 5.1. I’m using Quicktime 7.1.5, so that shouldn’t be an issue.
I’ve tried the whole deleting of preferences thing, but maybe I missed something ..?
Even more frustrating is that before I went to 5.1 this log and capture problem of not being able to view the video in the capture window did *not* exist. It only happened afterwards. And now that I’ve gone back to using 4.5, the problem exists in this version as well.
What the heck happened?
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Thanks, Charlie, I’ll try this, but I’m not even running an HDV camera – it’s an older 3-chip Panasonic. Let’s see ..
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Same problem happened with me after upgrade from 4.5 to 5.1.4. After much frustration I found a Cow thread with a solution– install a fresh Quicktime, even though you have the proper current version. Starting with a fresh QT download/install somehow activates a recognition between a new FCP and a new QT. See link:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
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