[Moxie]

Finally i figured out on how to fix it. With the camera switched on 1) go to Log/Capture and disconnect a firewire cable, 2) reconect the cable and select DV PAL or DV PAL Anamorphic. It seems to work for me. It does seem like a possible problem with Apple Firewire after all. But that trick fixes it.

[Moxie]

After palying around I managed to capture using DV PAL Anamorphic. I have no idea where the problem is as I can’t replicate the capture the next time. FCP bug?

[Moxie]

I had to recapture the video and problem reappeared. I am not sure if upgrading to QuickTime Pro will solve the issue or it is a problem with Sony TRV900. If all fails I will have to farm out the project. Really can’t figure out why it worked all the sudden and now it doesn’t with the same settings. All systems were rebooted.

[Moxie]

Tom,

I tested it on systems:

Powermac G3 533
System MacOS 10.3.9
Quick Time 7.2.
FCPHD

and

PowerBook G4 Titanium 1GB
System MacOs 10.4
Quick Time 7.2
FCPHD

sequence preset: DV PAL
capture preset: DV PAL
device control preset: firewire PAL
playback output video: (Missing) Apple Firewire PAL

Both had the problem listed earlier.

However, I decided to follow your instructions. At first the problem was as before. I started changing in “Easy Setup” (Show all) different settings, i.e. PAL DV Anamorphic, DV50 PAL, etc. … and back to DV PAL with camera in playback mode and all the sudden Apple Firewire PAL came up without (Missing). I am not sure if it is a flaw with FCP or with Apple Firewire but if one plays long enough with settings by going back and forth it fixes the problem. Reading other people’s posts on how they fixed the similar problem it appears that different things worked for different people, such reinstalling QuickTime.

Thanks for your advice,

Sasha