Capture Using USB Camera

I have a client's Canon DC 10 Mini DVD camcorder and the disc won't finalize, so we need to load it into FCP directly. On my 1st try, FCP doesn't recognize the device, but the Mac Pro sees it as an Untitled CD. Any suggestions? Thanks.

you can't capture using USB, you'll need a firewire connection in order to do that. If the cam doesn't have a connection, I'd get a hold of a mini dv camera or anything else really that has a firewire connection and do a dub from your DC 10 to the mini dv camera. then you'll have a straight dub of your footage on tape with a firewire port. there you'll be able to do a proper capture onto your computer HDD.

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    Host Computer Image or Vision Acquisition Software Installed.JPG ‏91 KB
    IMAQ and dx Modules Installed on my NI cRIO 9022 hardware(No NI Vision Acquisition 2010 SP1).JPG ‏82 KB
    NI Vision Acquisition Express NO Error for NI cRIO 9022.JPG ‏48 KB

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