Yeah, I’ve gotten it to work. It is a ridiculous, though, and I’m a little annoyed that they haven’t bothered to get with Apple and fix it. Of course, I’m finding out if you don’t have a deck attached, there’s a distinct possibility that the VO tool will not work at all. Anyway, this is what I got from blackmagic. Good luck with it.
In order to get VO Tool in Final Cut Pro HD to work, these are the steps to follow (I think No. 3 is what you might have missed out):
1) Video Input in Blackmagic DeckLink preferences is set to match the audio input type. For example, if you’re recording via the XLR connectors of your card, then then ‘Inputs’ under ‘DeckLink Video Connections’ must set to analog. It doesn’t matter if it’s component or composite analog video.
2) In the View menu of Final Cut Pro HD, set External Video to