Premium Member Tim O'Connor Posted July 8, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 8, 2007 At work three of us have MacBookPro 15" new March '06 with Final Cut Express. We capture from Panasonic DVC-30 (Mini-DV.)Now I'm the only one who can capture. The people at the Apple store say that everything is okay; it must be a setting or switch on the camera. Our Panasonic vendor says that there is no such switch or setting and that the camera is okay. Have swapped out Firewires and attempted to narrow down all variables. In between the camera and laptop we use a Belkin 6-Port Hub which checks out okay. Under "Easy Setup" I have Setup For: Custom Setup Sequence Preset: DV NTSC 48 khz Capture Preset DV NTSC 48 khz Device Control Preset Firewire NTSC Basic Playback output video: None Playback output audio: Firewire DV PTV Output video: same as playback PTV Output audio: same as playback Also can't print to tape and so must go through i-DVD, burn a DVD and then dub that to tape for delivering on Mini-DV. Does anybody have any idea what's up with this? THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Mottram Posted July 8, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 8, 2007 At work three of us have MacBookPro 15" new March '06 withFinal Cut Express. We capture from Panasonic DVC-30 (Mini-DV.)Now I'm the only one who can capture. The people at the Apple store say that everything is okay; it must be a setting or switch on the camera. Our Panasonic vendor says that there is no such switch or setting and that the camera is okay. Have swapped out Firewires and attempted to narrow down all variables. In between the camera and laptop we use a Belkin 6-Port Hub which checks out okay. Under "Easy Setup" I have Setup For: Custom Setup Sequence Preset: DV NTSC 48 khz Capture Preset DV NTSC 48 khz Device Control Preset Firewire NTSC Basic Playback output video: None Playback output audio: Firewire DV PTV Output video: same as playback PTV Output audio: same as playback Also can't print to tape and so must go through i-DVD, burn a DVD and then dub that to tape for delivering on Mini-DV. Does anybody have any idea what's up with this? THANKS! difficult to tell but first of all would skip the belkin adaptor as you want a direct link only and then throw away your fcp express preferences (they are liable to corruption) so that you're starting from scratch. then chose easy setup ntsc dv (why would you use custom?) then try. if it still doesn't work I would eliminate each variable- ie take camera to another edit bay and try it with that comp and visa versa with the macbook. elimanation is the name of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan_bennett Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Is it the tape? Any time code breaks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim O'Connor Posted July 9, 2007 Author Premium Member Share Posted July 9, 2007 It's definitely not the tapes, Certainly Capture can be interrupted and stopped by timecode breaks but it has to be capturing first. We use the Belkin because we capture through the MacBookPro to an external Lacie FW 400 and we have only one Firewire 400 port but need to connect from camera to laptop and from laptop to Lacie. Good suggestions though. I'll test capturing to laptop hard drive (eliminate hub) and check easu set-up. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Mottram Posted July 9, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 9, 2007 It's definitely not the tapes, Certainly Capture can be interrupted and stopped by timecode breaks but it has to be capturing first. We use the Belkin because we capture through the MacBookPro to an external Lacie FW 400 and we have only one Firewire 400 port but need to connect from camera to laptop and from laptop to Lacie. Good suggestions though. I'll test capturing to laptop hard drive (eliminate hub) and check easu set-up. Thanks. i'd be stun ned if you can go in and out at the same time through one firewire port, in fact i'd eat my limited edition apple baseball cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Miya Posted July 9, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 9, 2007 We use the Belkin because we capture through the MacBookPro to an external Lacie FW 400 and we have only one Firewire 400 port but need to connect from camera to laptop and from laptop to Lacie. There is your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim O'Connor Posted July 9, 2007 Author Premium Member Share Posted July 9, 2007 i'd be stun ned if you can go in and out at the same time through one firewire port, in fact i'd eat my limited edition apple baseball cap. For a the past year I've been connecting from the MacBookPro's Firewire 400 port to the Belkin Hub and then connecting one Firewire 400 to the Lacie(s) that I use and another Firewire to the DV camera and I can capture through the computer to the Lacie and edit from the Lacie. My coworkers have the same equipment but are unable to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tim O'Connor Posted July 9, 2007 Author Premium Member Share Posted July 9, 2007 There is your problem. How so? It works for my equipment but not my coworkers' equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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