Batch capturing from my camcorder error

My mini DV camcorder is connected with the firewire. Final cut pro will control it with the transports and I can view it on the screen and mark start and end points. When I click on capture I get a "general error" and nothing happens. It works fine in Imovie and worked fine when I had final cut express installed. Any suggestions?
Thanks

Often in upgrading the OS, QT or FCP for some odd reason QT will get knocked slightly off kilter and you can not capture correctly in FCP. The usual solution it to force a full reinstall of QT.
This is how:
Go to /library/receipts and delete any files that say Quicktime followed by a number e.g. Quicktime703.pkg
Go to the Apple quicktime site and download the appropriate version of Quicktime to your hard drive.
Run the Quicktime installer.
Repair Disk Permissions for your System Disk (Disk Utility > Select the system disk > Repair Disk Permissions)
Reboot
Good luck.
x

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