Toni,
Where have you been? Haven’t seen you since NAB!
I believe the problem is the camera/deck. Just recently, my deck (DSR-11) has been doing the same thing. I do not have the Drop-frame/non-drop frame message. It happens every now and then.
What I do is find the frame right before the video freezes and capture from 10 seconds before that point to the end of the clip. I’ll then do a match frame and insert it into my timeline.
See you “At the Races”
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group