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problem with firewire capture in FCP
I normally import from P2 or Component sources but have recently been given a ton of DV that that I can only capture through a PD150. Every time I try I get an error message that FCP (FCP2 to be exact) has encountered dropped frames and failed to capture. I have tried several different firewire cables (one I even purchased from the Apple store) and tried with other cameras (rental) with the same results (just to rule out the camera as the problem). I have a work around but it kills me not knowing why I am running into this problem. Has anybody run into this and solved it?
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A common workaround is to make a FW to FW Clone (Dub,) camera-to-camera or deck, of the entire tape and capture only the new copy.
This can usually eliminate some tracking or similar problems on the master tapes.
Try it on one tape and see.
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Check your scratch disk. Are you capturing to the system drive? If so change to another drive. Cardinal rule for FCP never capture or render to the system drive.
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Thanks. I may need to try that. Unfortunately time is sometimes an issue and that may double my capture time (8 hours worth of footage). I will give it a go though.
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Too true. I have a large X Serve Raid set up for my scratch so no problem there. I think I have taking care of most of the basics…it’s just the firewire capture that’s got me scratching my head.
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Is it dropping frames at the same point?
Have you tried turning off abort capture on drop frames? Sometimes I have encountered phantom dropped frames. But test this on a clip just large enough to be sure the issue would occur. Then go over the clip very carefully to see if any frames were actually dropped.
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