Capture problem in FCP6

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Hey Guys,

Well I finally got around to borrowing a camera to capture some footage on the new Mac Pro and have a play with FCS2. Aftering scouring the house for an hour to find a DV cable I gave up and went out an bought one, plugged the camera in, started FCP, went to Log and Capture and...

*insert synthesized game show "wrong answer" sound effect here*

It captures for about three seconds, but then says: "Capture encountered a problem reading the data on you source tape. This could be due to a problem with the tape. Capture has been aborted and your clip has been saved"

I've tried half a dozen different tapes (all of which play in the camera just fine) and the same thing happens with each one of them. Any ideas guys?
 
Well I switched cameras (to an old Panasonic gs150) put in a fresh tape and tried again - same problem, it captures just 3 seconds and then stops with the same message. I've tried both the old firewire cable that came with the camera and the new one I've just bought, doesn't change the problem.

Any suggestions? I really have to capture this new footage - the project needs to be finished and on DVD by Sunday night. Would REALLY appreciate some help on this one. I'm wondering if there might be a problem with my firewire ports on the new Mac Pro (though that seems unlikely, this is the first time I've even used them).

Cheers,

Mark
 
what are your capture settings? is it on controllable firewire device? how about trying non controllable device?

what about your scratch disc settings, have you tossed the prefs in FCP and tried it , there are many things it could possibly be.
 
Capture settings are: DVCpro - PAL 48kHz & PAL Firewire

I've tried DV50 - PAL 48kHz and PAL Firewire Basic (and all variations of those four options), but none of them work. Non-controllable device doesn't work either.

And what do you mean by "have you tossed the prefs in FCP and tried it" Nic?
 
Finally fixed it, switched capture settings from DVCpro to plain old DV and it seems to be working! Thank God for that! Thanks for your time though Nic.
 
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