[John Pale]

Sounds like the timecode is screwed up on the original tape.

dubbing to miniDV is a good idea. you will not lose any quality over having the Digital8 camcorder doing the analog to digital conversion.

You could also try using “Capture Now” and setting FCP to Non-Controllable Device, which will ignore timecode….but I like doing the DV dub better, because you will be able to recapture in the future, if necessary.

[John Pale]

Is the audio in your sequence all from group clips?

It always includes audio from all angles in an embeded OMF. this is a known problem.

Try consolidating your sequence to another drive or workspace and then export again.

[John Pale]

Borrow someone elses deck or camcorder. Try capturing with that. If it works fine, then the problem is your XL-1. Get it serviced.

If the problem persists, you have to start looking at reinstalling your Avid Software and/or OS.

[John Pale]

Try deleting your waveform cache and rebuilding it. Reset it in System Preferences.

I am not sure, but I think it uses the same memory space as the Thumbnail Cache in the Memory & Cache settings. Try jacking up its settings on Disk and RAM and see if that helps. Don’t go too high or it will affect overall system performance.

[John Pale]

Just found this on google…

https://dvcreators.net/upgrade-to-final-cut-studio/

If the offer is still valid, you can get it for $199. You should call the Apple Store and confirm.

[John Pale]

Just went to the Apple website and the link to the crossgrade upgrade from 4.5 isnt working properly anymore….

Perhaps the Crossgrade pricing has expired. You would have gotten the whole suite for $199 under the crossgrade special offer. This is why everyone here was screaming that doing the crossgrade was important, even if you had a Power PC machine.

Maybe its a mistake, or maybe this is because FCP 6 may be released at NAB very soon.

[John Pale]

You need to connect a TBC/Frame Sync between the VHS deck and the Avid to get goo results.
If you dont want to spend money on one (though you could probably get a cheap one on Ebay), just dub the stuff to DV or DVCAM.
Then you will have timecode, should you need to recapture at some point.

[John Pale]

Networks that constantly run a crawl at the bottom of the screen may have different spec.

Ran into this with ESPN (not commercials, but programming)

[John Pale]

Look on page IV-55 in the Final Cut Pro Help

Using OfflineRT in Final Cut Pro

[John Pale]

In Quicktime Player,

Export/Movie to Quicktime Movie

Click Options:

Settings: Select 8 or 10 bit Uncompressed
Size; Select in pulldown menu NTSC 720 x486 4:3 (or PAL..you didnt specify)

IF YOU DO NOT SET THE SIZE AS ABOVE, IT WILL NOT WORK CORRECTLY.

Check Box: Check Preserve Aspect Ratio
In Pulldown menu select: Letterbox

Works for me, anyway.

This may be better for you than dropping into an SD sequence in FCP, as suggested earlier, as you will not need the additional drive space for the render.