Capture Now - Auto Divide Clips...

When importing HDV footage I usually use capture now and it breaks down the clips into smaller clips at the points where pause/record was hit when filming.
I have a project now where I'm importing SD 16x9 footage and I'm wondering if there is some sort of setting to get SD video to do the same thing?
THANKS!

Not automatically.
You'll want to spend some time with the manual reading up on "DV Start/Stop Detect", "Sub-clips" as well as "Media Manager".
It gets ugly. Better to simply Log the material then Batch capture.
ymmv.
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Help - Capture is creating separate clips **

I'm using FCP 5 with a Sony HC-1
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Patrick,
Thanks for the reply ~
although i'm not sure i get it entirely. what are you referring to "stream" ? timecode?
the material breaks seemingly arbitrarily, not when the camera stopped, etc.
and it does this on various tapes. i have tried "capture now" and it still does it. timecode starts 2 frames later on the next clip, which i find strange. If this happens all the time for everyone using HDV footage, it seems like an incredibly f'ed up glitch in the program.
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