Log and Captuer

Hello all

I'm using a mac book pro and final cut 6.0.4. I have hooked up a jvc gr-hd1 camera to my fcp and I'm trying to log and capture. The device is hooked up and I can control the camera through FCP but the preview is disabled. I'm sure caputer /input is the issue, i have it on dv ntsc 48 khz.
Please help!!

Thank you.

Can you scrub and see picture in the capture window?

What happens when using capture now as your method?

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As far as the capture window; it says preview disabled.

When I try to capture now, a window pops that says "This operation could not be completed as there is no video.

Did you shoot HDV, or DV? And double check your camera setting.



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the footage was shot in hdv

Select from Easy Setup, switch to HDV and try again.



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I also have a problem using both regular dv cameras, and the newest sony dv walkman. It is quite strange. When I connect a hard drive camcorder or dvd camcorder I set the capture preset to non controllable device. When I tried to do it with the brand new DV walkman which ran around 1200 bucks it didn't work. There wasn't even an image on the window in when I pushed log and capture now and hit play on the camcorder. I then switched to the older dv walkman which log and captured fine. The older model works better than the newer one. Also, on some of my computers when I connect a regular mini dv camcorder I will get the images on the window of the log and capture but when I hit capture now it plays but doesn't log and capture. Strange.

HELP

Check the setting on the camera/deck. You should be in VTR mode, and set up to iLink/1394/Firewire DV outs.

>When I tried to do it with the brand new DV walkman which ran around 1200 bucks it didn't
>work.

Doesn't matter if you bought it for $1200 or $120K. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. You need to check whether the device is supported.

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>When I tried to do it with the brand new DV walkman which ran around 1200 bucks it didn't work.

Oh for goodness sakes, just shoot me now. A brand new DV walkman? I didn't even know there was an old DV walkman! Can someone point me to a link ?
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heeee ... gotta love that let me google thing :-)

i think i got mixed up with the "brand new" bit and assumed it was some fancy new camera grafted onto a cassette tape player. ignore me, i'll just go and sit in the corner ...

Do you have an external firewire converter attached, like a Data video DAC100 that helps convert analog video to digital (and vice-versa) and adds timecode? If so check and find out if that is turned on. For some reason FCP defaults to that device. I was just having the same issue...had control over the deck, but the preview window said "preview disabled" and I couldn't capture I kept getting "This operation could not be completed as there is no video." I trashed prefs, checked all my settings and nothing changed. Then I noticed the power to this datavideo thing was on. Turned it off and now I am all set, everything is back to normal.

Ok! so once i used the easy set up I was able to capture and log the dv footage. but all the hdv footage are not being captured. FCP wont even play it in the preview browser. any suggestions?