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no capture from Canopus
I am trying to capture audio/video source material from a DVD through a Canopus 110 device to FCP. I have about an hour of material. I can capture a short test section, but when I let the DVD run, FCP gives me a message saying it dropped some frames and it abandons the capture. I don’t get a file for the section up to the dropped frames. Any ideas what I can do to capture this? It will be tedious to try to locate exactly the spot where it misses and try to stop just before the dropped frames. And I don’t know how often it will find bad frames in the whole hour. I appreciate any thoughts!
Susan Wilcox
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Please give your full system specifications, what computer, what drives, what camera or deck, how everything’s connected, what settings are on the media, what settings you’re using in Final Cut, and finally what version of the software, of the OS, and of QuickTime you are using.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
I’m working on a MacBookPro laptop, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo using OS 10.6 and FCP 6.0.6. I’m using Firewire to connect everything. I’m playing the DVD source material from a Samsung DVD and VHS consumer model deck into the Canopus 110 through an S-video and single audio connection. The deck is also connected to my monitor so I can see what is happening. The Canopus 110 is connected to a Lacie 1 TB external HD via FW. The LaCie is connected to the laptop via firewire. The Sequence and Capture sequences are both DV NTSC 48 kHz and the Device Control Preset is Firewire NTSC. Is there anything else I can tell you?
Susan
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Daisy chaining in this instance may cause dropped frames. The device control needs to be non-controllable device.
All the best,
Tom
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop” -
You were right that I had forgotten to set the device to non-controllable, but I’ve tried that twice now and it still is dropping frames. Any other ideas? I know that this system has worked before for me, but that was a couple of years ago and I haven’t used it recently nor on my laptop. Perhaps I should try my miniMac instead. Would it be more stable?
Susan
Full Duck Productions
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Tom:
Yes, I tried the MacMini and was able to record the first 15 minutes with no dropped frames! Since it failed in the first two minutes previously, I think that, along with proper settings, is the answer. Thanks for your help and inspiring me to keep at it! Having someone to ask questions to is a huge help!
Susan
Full Duck Productions
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Here’s another update. I continued to have some problems, so I checked FCP User preferences. I changed the item that allowed FCP to save up to the dropped frames. I unchecked “Abort capture on dropped frames.” Now it has been working perfectly, so this may have been the major cause of my problems! I hope this post helps someone else who is struggling with this problem.
Susan
Full Duck Productions
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Hi Susan,
I noticed from previous forum messages that you have a Macbook pro 13 inch 2.4ghz intel core duo.
I’m thinking of getting one over here in the UK. I want to use it to do some editing with FCP. I make documentaries, not complicated one’s, I’m not looking to do incredible special effects all the time, just standard multi-track edits with voiceover, maybe music etc.
The people in the Apple store say that I need to get the more expensive Macbook pro 15 inch 2.4ghz core i5 in order to use it for FCP and that the intel core duo will be slow with the latest version(s) of FCP…
I’d be interested to know what your thoughts are on this, have you found this to the be the case? Basically if I don’t have to spend £500 more then all the better!
Best wishes, Jim
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I posted this long ago. No, I don’t have a 13″ Apple Book Pro but a 15″ Apple Book Pro that I bought in I think 2009. It has 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4 GB memory (1067 MHz DDR3–whatever that means). I have been very happy with it. I can do editing on it without requiring a additional monitor and keyboard. I appreciate your description of the kind of work you do and I do something similar, documentary without fantastic effects. I’ve done a few extra bits in Motion and imported them. I alternate between my laptop and a MiniMac for editing. They both work great for me. However, the 15″ using FCP is not the best for showing clients the final product until you make it into a DVD and show them full screen. You can see the results of my work at my website fullduck.com>Portfolio>Ethnic Expressions>and then any entry. i don’t know that I’d like to condense my editing down to the 13″ screen using FCP. I’m not sure what you are asking but maybe this will help. Write back if you have other questions. Susan
Full Duck Productions
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