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I troubleshot this problem last night for about 3 more hours and solved it!!!!!, The whole time I was connected via 6-pin firewire to the front-side port of my G5, apparrently the G5 cannot capture video through the front side(I know it shocked me too.) Anyhow, I disconnected from the from the front side firewire port and connected to the rear side fire wire port instead and “Viola!” I now have preview mode enabled in final cut pro 5. I know you guys are probably wondering, “Well buddy, it sounds like your front-side firewire port is fried…” Actually. No….I connected every kind of thing besides video cameras and video decks and I had no problems, My Ipod 60GB updates just fine through there, My G-raid hard drive works fine through there also….So unless I only managed to “half-fry” the front side firewire port, it seems that the G5 and Final Cut Pro 5 are picky about which port you capture from. I hope this information solves some of your problems guys. “Peace and a Happy New Year to all of you!” -Indigo

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I too am having the same problem with Sony’s GV – D1000 however, Final Cut Pro won’t recognize my GL2 either. It says VTR OK and I can even play my devices remotely from the program but there is no video feed on the monitor. I moved over to my PC and attempted to capture using the same devices on Adobe’s Premiere Pro 1.5, and I had nothing but success. Final Cut Pro 5 seems to be having some issues with the capture feature and as much as I hate to capture with Premiere Pro 1.5, I have no choice now. Is there something not set properly perhaps on Final Cut Pro because I have followed three different textbooks on the proper way to set up for a capture and still there is no success.
My Canon GL2 does not lock up my G5(8GB Ram/ Dual 2.7) when I engage it remotely with Final Cut, however The Sony GV-D100 does. Any ideas???….