Audio out of sync from FCP capture of DVX100A 24

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bluntinstrument9

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Using FCP Studio to capture 24PA footage from my DVX100A, when I preview the audio during the capture it's perfectly synchronized with the previewed video, as it is on my camera display. But the moment my capture is done, the resulting FCP clip (as well as the underlying Quicktime movie file) is completely out of sync. It appears - though it's hard to tell - that the audio and the video are in sync at the first frame, though almost immediately, the audio starts to go faster than the video, so I hear my actors' voices before their lips form the words. I've tried adjusting all of my capture settings, capturing to different hard drives, and so on - nothing seems to work. There's plenty of free space on my dual processor G5 Mac, and I've edited many hours of 24PA video on this system already without a glitch, so I'm doubtful that dropped frames are the problem. More likely that I'm somehow capturing the video wrong, but I'm clueless at this point as to how to fix the problem. Thanks in advance for any light you can shine on this!
 
Do you have "The DVX Book" that has come with the DVX lately? They specifically address this issue. Unfortunately I don't have it here with me so I can't quote from it.
 
In checking my settings, I inadvertently tried playing the DVX MiniDV tape for a few seconds before starting my Capture Now. Wonder of wonders - it worked. I guess the problem was just that FCP didn't have time to read the timecode at the very beginning of the tape, or something like that. I let 'er play for two or three seconds first, then began my capture, and everything was nice and in sync. Thanks for your help on this!
 
yea you need 00:00:04;15 on the tape before you can start capturing, thats why you should always record bars and tone for at least 10sec at the begining of each tape
 
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