Printing-to-tape problems

[Stephen Floyd]

I have some edited footage I need to send to a friend by Monday night and he wants it on Mini DV tape. I tried the “print to video” function on FCP with my Panasonic DVX100 and it does not seem to be working. The computer tells the camera to start recording, which it does, but none of the footage from the timeline makes it onto the tape.

 

Is there something I need to do differently with either the computer or the camera? I remember having issues printing footage onto tape at school with a deck and eventually getting it to work. I have not received any error messages and am starting to wonder if my camera is actually able to record through the firewire connection.