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  • XHA1 capture problem

    Posted by David Fortin on December 6, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    Trying to capture footage off a tape recorded by someone else on a Canon XHA1 into FCP 7.0.3 They brought the camera and tape in.

    I followed the detailed directions in the post
    https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1058457#1130631

    FCP controls the tape in the camera, but all I see is black. Black on the viewfinder of the camera as the tape rolls and black in FCP capture window. If I hit CAPTURE NOW I get the error message:

    No Data from Device

    Capture was aborted due to lack of incoming data from device. Check your connections and that the deck is playing.

    I followed the procedures in the above thread. Trashed FCP preferences. Restarted FCP. Rebooted. Still with the same outcome.

    I tried different cables. I tried Firewire 400 and Firewire 800 connections.

    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Thanks,
    David

    David Fortin replied 14 years, 8 months ago 1 Member · 1 Reply
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  • David Fortin

    December 7, 2011 at 12:38 am

    Dave,

    That’s a good suggestion. Maybe they didn’t record in HDV. But, as a test, she recorded some bars at my place, and we couldn’t get that tape to work either. And I thought it was set to HDV.

    I’ve got a shoot tomorrow, so the person took the camera back with them and is going to mess around on their computer.

    David

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