Thank you for your encouragement! I tried FCP with my "little" Sony PD170 Camera, which has worked with every other firewire editor so far, and it was the same thing. I could see the pictures and even control the deck with the FCP controls but not capture.
Since I can import o This has convinced me that it is eomthing 2009/10/4 Benjamin Stanley <[email protected]> > > Hi > > I'm on a canal boat at the moment without FCP to hand, but I had a > similar issue and had to use the Firewire Basic setting with the deck > rather than the one I thought was the obvious choice. > > I assume you've already tried a few of the settings, but have another > fiddle, just change one thing at a time and try again. FCP likes to be > completely shut then re-opened to detect external devices so it can be > a pain. > > I'd say it was a setting issue rather than 3 decks not working though, > that seems highly un-likely. > > Let us know how you get on and please keep posting here, it really IS > interesting. > > Cheers > B. > > > > 2009/10/3 Andrew Tett <[email protected]>: > > Just to let you know what has been happening with this: > > > > The initial problem that I have had with FCP is the capturing of video > from > > a video tape in order to be able to edit with it. I have tried three > > different "Tape Machines" (two professional Sony decks and even the > camera > > that the pictures were taken on) and although I can see the pictures in > the > > capture window that are on tape, I can not control the decks from FCP. > > > > In the end, it was easier for Ahsley and I to use the telephone, and > > we talked through the settings on the MacBook Pro which all seem OK. The > > feeling is that possibly something is up with the decks... > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > -- > Benjamin Stanley - Technical Director - Trilby Multimedia > 47-49 Loveday Street, Birmingham, B4 6NR > Telephone: 0121 333 6860 www.trilby.co.uk > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
