30p capture JVC HDV FCP 5

I am on set for a feature being shot on the JVC HDV camera and cannot get FCP 5 to capture more than a few seconds of the footage on a 2 gig powerbook with tons of super fast external memory using a firewire. Sometimes we can get a whole take and sometimes not. We are recording at 30p which should not be a problem. Are there any patches out there or has anyone else had this problem? Are there settings that need to be a certain way other than putting the capture options on 30p 720? It is almost as if there are dropped frames but the footage is fine and time code consistent.

Hi
Thanks for your quick reply, in the meantime I did something which seems to have fixed my capture problem, along the lines of what you were suggesting... my sequence was set to 30p and I changed it back to 29.97 and now it's capturing into the project. I captured a few minutes at this and it seems fine so I'll go with that.
I'm using an NTSC model HVX200 camera, it was a few thousand Euro cheaper than the EU model and I was able to buy it almost a year before the camera was available here, so that's the reason for NTSC mode, I usually shoot in DVCproHD 720p 24fps for short film material, so really there's the advantage for the US model in the first instance.
Thanks again!

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