Thanks for the details Matt-
As I indicated, I already HAD turned on the “PREVIEW” check in the clip settings window in the Log/Capture Section – and still NO tape-sourced audio would play thru my Decklink card to my (audio) monitor during screening. It worked flawlessly in FCP4.5. The work-around I discovered, with ideas from you, is I can at least set the G5 System>Preferences>Sound OUTput to “Internal” (instead of thru my Decklink audio) and I can then hear the tape audio playing off my beta deck thru my tinny Mac speaker. Better than no audio, but something is goofy here. I am talking with Decklink tech support to see if they have any ideas, since this seems to suggest the Decklink card is the problem, not the Mac…?
Speaking for myself, I MUCH prefer to hear audio during digitizing, since I need to invaribly ride levels as its being digitized off the deck, so I can ride the deck’s output on-the-fly. The “popping” problem you describe happens maybe once in 30 clips, so it seems worth the risk…
regards
Stu Aull