About capturing

Im trying to capture a project and i havent used fce in a while. the computer is giving me something about the time code being off. can someone just give me step by step instructions about capturing. i just want one clip with a whole tapes footage, thats all. thanks

Jonathan
Can you provide this info:
Are there Timecode breaks on the tape?
What audio rate was the camera set to for recording?
Type of camera?
What is the current East Setup in FCE?
Al

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