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Switched from NTSC to PAL camera, now ‘Preview disabled’
Switched from Sony MiniDV NTSC cam, which worked perfectly, to Sony MiniDV PAL DCR-HC90E and am now unable to Log & Capture. Changed FC Pro 4.5 Easy Setup to DV PAL. Camera follows commands (play, stop, etc.) but preview is disabled. When trying to log I get the error message ‘The operation could not be completed as there is no video’. System profiler sees the camera. I cannot capture in iMovie either. Display is set to FireWire PAL and external video set to All Frames.
Was told that the problem has to do with camera/tape, rather than Mac/FCP.
This is urgent, need to deliver edited video by Thu (and stupidly told client doesn’t matter if NTSC or PAL…). Please help, thanks!
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Are you SURE the tape is PAL?
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Thanks for replying. Aren’t tapes supposed to be ‘neutral’, neither NTSC or PAL? Anyway, got the tape with the camera, which was bought in the UK, so I assume tape is PAL as well.
Alex
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[Alexander Signer] “Aren’t tapes supposed to be ‘neutral’, neither NTSC or PAL?”
Of course.
I was asking about the RECORDED tape, not a blank one.
Again, are you SURE that the tape was RECORDED in the PAL format?
With FCP set to DV PAL, its looking for a PAL signal.
Something to consider:
You need to create a NEW PROJECT in FCP, with the Easy Setup configured for DV PAL, for everything to be “ready to work”.
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