log and capture strange problem

[Todd Dalton]

Hi,

I’ve had the same problems with Panasonic DV camcorders, but I’m afraid it didn’t last as long as you’ve had it. Generally it happened once every couple of sessions and that was a few software versions ago.

I’m assuming a Firewire connection: I know I’ve always had the camera fully switched on in VTR mode before connecting. I’ve seen Avids and FCP’s have problems initiating FW connections if the camera’s plugged in during a session. If you’ve tried trashing the preferences and it’s still doing it, is there some kind of ‘sleep’ mode on the camera and it’s nodding off between capturing? It doesn’t really sound like it from your post – but you never know: it might be worth checking! 🙂 If the camera goes into battery saving mode then the FW connection will effectively be lost or if it only wakes up when a handshake is received the FCP might not like the slow reply. I always keep the camera plugged into the mains supply even with full batteries…

Hope there’s something of help there.

Todd.

[Ryan Spanger]

Try clicking ‘refresh av devices’ in the ‘view’ menu.

Ryan Spanger
Dream Engine – Video Production Melbourne

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

I’ve tried to refresh the AV devices in the view panel, but it does not seem to work. It’s definitely not a sleep mode related issue, as it happens all of the times, both if I plug the cam and then switch it on, or if I turn it on on VTR and them plug the FW. I was wondering if it was a standard function in FCP, but it seems it isn’t.
Thank you
Fabrizio

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy

[Tom Adams]

it seems like it’s an issue with the macpro or the newest version updates or something because I just upgraded to a macpro desktop and it’s been happening to me too. it rarely ever happened when I was working on my g4. annoying especially since it’s intermittent and can’t seem to find the cause.

Regards,

Tom Adams – Director/Owner
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1.4Ghz DP mirrordoor G4
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FCP studio2, 850GB Graid external Firewire Drives
Panasonic DVX100a & EZ1

[John Fishback]

Do you have more than one device plugged into the FW port – including both 400 & 800. If so, try removing it. I had an issue with my G5. I had an AJA IO connected thru the FW400 port and a hard drive connected thru the FW800 port. The drive wasn’t recognized until I removed the IO. Pn the G5 the two flavors of FW interact. I don’t know if that’s true with the MacPro.

John

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[Fabrizio D’agnano]

I have that issue on the other machine, an iMac. I can’t capture to a FW800 external hd, because only one of the two is recognized. I was told by the assistance that both the FW400 and the FW800 share the same bus. I only have e-sata drives on the Mac Pro, and nothing else.
Thank you, and best regards
Fabrizio

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy

[Fabrizio D’agnano]

After thrashing the preferences, it seems to work now. I’ll try it a few times to see if the problem araises again.
Thank you, and best regards
Fabrizio

Fabrizio D’Agnano
Rome, Italy