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Problems capturing Video
I just switched from OSX 10.3 to 10.4. And I am using FCP 5. I am trying to capture some footage from my DV camera like I’ve always done it and its telling me that: Attempt to capture a video without video device selected. Please select video device in your capture presets and try again…. When I go to my capture presets and chose anything, I get this error:
Unable to locate the capture device:
DV Video
Your system configuration may have changed or your deck/camera may be disconnected.The camera is connected and when I press play on my log and capture screen my camera starts playing, only when I press Capture Now this problems appear.
Please I need help, I have a big job and I cant capture.
THANKS in advance -
2 Replies
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Shane’s Stock Answer #30:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1063600􃪰
The credit for this goes to Bob Sidebotham:
I was just walked through a repair procedure by an Apple Care person, and it fixed my camera recognition problems (I have a Canon XL1 and sometime after installing Tiger, then 10.4.1, various patches (including Quicktime 7.1) and the latest Desktop Video patch, I’ve been unable to use the camera with Final Cut Express, and attempts to capture would result in a FCE crash).
The workaround is to download Quicktime *manually*, after removing the “receipts” which indicate that it is loaded. Specifically, I was told to do the following:
1. Navigate to Library -> Receipts on your main drive (not from your personal folder).
2. Remove all files of the form QuickTime*.pkg, where “*” is a version number. E.g. QuickTime600.pkg, QuickTime650.pkg, Quicktime700.pkg and QuickTime701.pkg. This simply tells your system that those packages are not installed.
3. Go to https://www.apple.com/quicktime/downloads and click on the “download Quicktime” link. DO NOT USE THE AUTOMATIC UPDATE UTILITY. Download QuickTimeInstallerX.dmg. Double click this file (probably on your desktop) and then invoke the installer by double clicking QuickTime701.pkg.
4. After your computer reboots, you should be able to restart FCP and see your camera.
Shane
Shane
Alokut Productions
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Thank you very very much, I went away and couldnt read my EMail. It worked like a charm. Thank you sooo much
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