Capture Trouble

Hello,
Since I update my OS.10.4 to OS.10.5 I coud'nt capture video in FCP 4.5 from the capture windows miniDV ( Canon XL1 ) but the cams is showed OK.
I delete from Library/ preferences/
"com.apple.FinalCutPro.plist"
and from data "Final Cut Pro User Data" I deleted also
"Final Cut Pro 4.5 Preferences".
"Final Cut Pro POA Cache".
And I also repair the permissions ( disk utilities ), but also allways the same problems,
I coudn't capture from miniDV but still it is possible from the capture windows to start or stop the camera and it is written cams OK ( frensh magnétoscope OK ).
But on my powerbook G4 wehre was installed FCP4.5 direct on OS.10.5 it's work well with the sames configuration .
Coud you help me with this problems ?
Sorry for my bad english

Try this:
#30 - Deck recognition after Tiger Upgrade:
Shane's Stock Answer #30:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1063600&#1063600
The credit for this goes to Bob Sidebotham:
I was just walked through a repair procedure by an Apple Care person, and it fixed my camera recognition problems (I have a Canon XL1 and sometime after installing Tiger, then 10.4.1, various patches (including Quicktime 7.1) and the latest Desktop Video patch, I've been unable to use the camera with Final Cut Express, and attempts to capture would result in a FCE crash).
The workaround is to download Quicktime manually, after removing the "receipts" which indicate that it is loaded. Specifically, I was told to do the following:
1. Navigate to Library -> Receipts on your main drive (not from your personal folder).
2. Remove all files of the form QuickTime*.pkg, where "*" is a version number. E.g. QuickTime600.pkg, QuickTime650.pkg, Quicktime700.pkg and QuickTime701.pkg. This simply tells your system that those packages are not installed.
3. Go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/downloads and click on the "download Quicktime" link. DO NOT USE THE AUTOMATIC UPDATE UTILITY. Download QuickTimeInstallerX.dmg. Double click this file (probably on your desktop) and then invoke the installer by double clicking QuickTime701.pkg.
4. After your computer reboots, you should be able to restart FCP and see your camera.
Shane

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