[Todd Feuer]

okay… so here’s what I figured out. This is in SD, and I can’t vouch for HD.
You cannot insert edit onto a tape if your in or out point is on a video or audio transition. Start the frame before or the frame after your transition, and it should be fine.
Also if your in and out on the time line do not match the in and out on the Edit to tape window, it won’t work. you end up with that frame of black, and the deck doesn’t respond correctly.
You should also be in Editing, and not mastering on your edit to tape window to do the inserts.

hope this helps

[Todd Feuer]

I’ve been having the same issues. I spoke to apple about it at length, and the only thing they did was blame Black Magic.
Here’s what I have figured out. Insert editing works infrequently, and it does seem that it’s luck of the draw.
I have had better success when the deck is connected directly to the Final Cut with no router in between. I’ve had more success with a DVW a 500 deck as opposed to a 2000 deck. For what it’s worth, if you choose entire Media when you’re laying off in insert mode, the layoff works fine. Doesn’t really help, for a quick insert, but it does point out that there is a bug…

Got a lot of people trying to figure this one out…. will let u know if I hear anything.

[Todd Feuer]

Tried that… and pretty much every other possibility of font types… shades etc.. seems like anything that is Alpha capable… is problematic ..

I’ve done stuff like this on my avid for years and have never had these kind of issuse….