[Promocraig]

i am trying to capture video into final cut pro. I have a Panasonic DV camera that worked fine until i installed Leopard. Now the capture window freezes when i launch it. If i unplug the camera it then launches, but won't recognize the camera when i plug it back in. I hooked up the same camera and cable to a G4 laptop running tiger and it works fine.


anybody?

[Heyoka_Happiness]

Do you get any warnings in FCP? What happens in FCP? Nothing

[Promocraig]

the capture window will open... then i get the beachball and it if i leave it plugged in it will "quit responding" if i pull out the firewire cable... the beachball of death immediately goes away and the capture window opens. However it will not respond to the camera if i plug the firewire cable back in. This camera and cable work fine on both a G4 laptop running Tiger and a Dual quad core running Tiger.



thx

[Heyoka_Happiness]

Lets look at the system thats not working

What version of FCP are you running and on what system are you using in on. (The system thats not allowing you to capture is it Intel or PC)

Look at you sequence settings

Repair permissions

Rest A/V devices before capture from within FCP.

Are you up to date with QT ? on the system thats not working.

[Promocraig]

Running a G5 dual 1.8.

I have repaired permissions

QT is up to date

Running Jaguar... i upgraded to Jaguar a few months ago and that's when my problems began

I am going to try to throw away preferences and hope that works.



thanks for helping sorry it's taken so long to get back

[Grapho]

Lounge Console inside your Utilities folder. It might give you a clue as to what is preventing FCP from working with your camera. You can see exactly what your computer is up to and sometimes it can give you a reason why things crash or freeze. I would suggest to clear the log so that what ever happens is very obviously displayed.

[Heyoka_Happiness]

What version of FCP are you using?

[Promocraig]

Running FCP 6.02. tried throwing away preferences and it worked.... but only the first time i launch the capture window. If i close the capture window then try to launch again... it locks up (beachball)... if i then throw away the preferences file it will work.

i guess i can do this everytime i have to capture from my firewire camera (what a freakin pain)

[minischneides]

Did you do a clean install of Leopard, because otherwise there may be some issues with the program caused by the upgrade.

[Promocraig]

no i did an upgrade... i have heard recently that the folks who've done a clean install are having a lot better luck. I think that is what i will end up doing in the end.


thx

[Heyoka_Happiness]

Yes a clean probably would help. I learned the hard way.

Try a reinstall FCS

this to find all you files

http://www.digitalre...fcs_remover.htm

[Heyoka_Happiness]

After more thought about it try to reinstall FCS remove all traces of it and check if you camera has any firmware updates needing to be installed. I had the JVC GY-HD100 and there were issues similar to what you are describing with capturing HDV to FCP but they released a firmware update the fixed that problem.

[Promocraig]

thanks for the help... i am capturing regular DV footage from tape. does that make any difference in your advice. I will reinstall FCP.

cc

[Heyoka_Happiness]

No. I learned the hard way when it comes to Pro Apps you don't want to do an upgrade or achieve and install always do a clean install if you can. But what you can do is delete FCS from your system restart the computer and reinstall the studio.
I would also check if you camera has any firmware updates it always go to stay on top of those things.

What is your camera model?