Matjik
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I know that it works because I just used it to lay something to DV tape from FCP. If I plugged another DV unit (like the consumer DV deck from panasonic) to the 1400 should it work? Because I’ve tried it with no luck. So it seems to be something with the 1400, but like I said it works with FCP when trying to capture DV from an HD tape.
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Tried a different cable but with no luck.
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Definitely sending a dv signal because when I connect it to my desktop I can capture dv in fcp using the dv input preset.
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It is in Tape/VCR mode. I just get a blue screen.
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Bob,
I have a Kona2 on a dual 2Ghz G5 PowerPC and get the crackling/popping every once in a while. It usually goes away when I stop playback on the timeline and then start playing again. Never been an issue with output but I’ve always wondered what causes it. Do you have a fix?
-Matt
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In your FCP prefrences there is an item called Auto-Render. I think the default is 45 minutes. In other words, if you step away from your workstation and nothing happens for 45 minutes you will see FCP start to render your sequence (if there are items to render). So, I just set my Auto-Render to 1 minute and wait to see if there are any items it needs to render before I output to tape.
To be honest, I’m not clear myself what it renders (especially when there are no red or green lines for audio or video). However, what I do know is that I’ve experienced the exact same thing that you are struggling with and when I started letting Auto-Render do its thing the problem went away. I started doing this with FCP 4.5 so it’s not something exclusive to FCP 5. I hope this helps.
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Also, set your Auto Render in your prefrences to one minute before you’re ready to edit to tape. Even though you have everything rendered if there is anything in your timeline that Edit To Tape needs to render, Auto Render will render it. Not sure why, but it works.
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We use CaptionMax as well. Great to work with and excellent customer service.
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Be sure you have the latest version of QuickTime.
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…”As it is now, it just starts the t.c. at some seemingly random number and I have no idea where it gets it.”
Do you have the deck’s TC set to REGEN? If not, that may be your fix. Like Colin said, stripe what you need to start your bars and tone and you should be golden.