Shane Ross
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What camera? Is it on the list of supported devices? Plus, are you using FCP or FCE?
Did you turn on the camera before you launched…wait…no thread? Is there a tape in the camera? When a tape is inserted into a camera, it is “threaded” around the playhead.
Shane Ross
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Crashing? Repair Permissions with the Disk Utility. Trash the FCP preferences with FCP Rescue: https://www.pistolerapost2.com/fcprescue
Not playing back at all? There are LOTS of things that cause this. Read the Apple article for a nice big list of things to check:
#12 Dropped frames on capture/playback
Shane’s Stock Answer #12:
https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58640
1) Do not capture to your main system drive. Since it is busy reading the operating system and application files, it will intermittently drop frames during capture.
2) Do not under any circumstances run any anti-virus/filesaver software. Including Norton and Virex. Sure, Apple doles out Virex for free, but FCP doesn’t cooperate with it very well.
If you absolutely feel you must keep Virex installed on your system then use Kevin’s script to shut it off before you use FCP:
https://www.pistolerapost.com/viewing/virexhalt.zip3) Check the format of the drive you are capturing to. It should be Mas OS Extended, jornalling off. If it isn’t, copy your files from it and re-initialize it. If it is any other format, you will encounter problems. If not at first, then eventually.
4) Trash the FCP preference files. Use FCP Rescue available here:
https://www.pistolerapost2.com/fcprescueShane Ross
Alokut Productions
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Just a question: Why not save all the source tapes? Why make a new one? What tis the point?
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
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And FCP can import AVIs. But work with them, that is another story. Not as well as if you captured with FCP itself. FCP doesn’t even like it when you use iMovie to capture…and they are both make by the same company.
Stick to capturing with the NLE you will be editing with.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
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The Color Finesse plugin for AE will not work in FCP. Synthetic Aperture makes one for FCP separately.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
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Thus the reason my e-mail address is comeback@mac.com.
“Shaaaaaane! Come back. Shaaaaaaane!”
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net -
No experience with the Lacie…
But…
Never capture on one edit system for use on another. This never works properly. Each edit system is different and captured media in it’s own way…especially Mac and PC systems. Generally Macs capture as .mov, PCs as .avi.
No. Capture on the same edit platform that you are editing in.
Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
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#5 Imported music from CD or iTunes
Shane’s Stock Answer #5:
To get music into FCP, it needs to be an AIFF file at 48khz, 16 bit stereo. So if you want a song from a CD, you go into the iTunes Preferences and set this up under the IMPORTING tab:
File > preferences > importing > import using – AIFF encoder > Setting – Custom
Sample Rate – 48.000 kHz
Sample size – 16 bit
Channels – StereoIf you have an mp3 that you want to use, then you can convert it thru iTunes as well.
If the piece of music you want to use is something you purchased thru iTunes, I’m afraid I can’t help you there. There are copywrite issues that prevent files from being converted into the format that FCP can recognize.
Shane
Shane Ross
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