Capturing with Final Cut Pro with the Sony Z1

Hi there,
Can anyone help. I have been trying capture video live from the Sony Z1 while filming and also capturing from a VTR deck while it is recording. The problem that I am having is that the cPTURE WINDOW CANNOT SEE THE TIMECODE COMING IN and therefore it captures a few frames and then comes up with an error, either searching for timecode, or dropping frames.
Any help would be appreciated as I am trying to save a lot of time by capturing a conference directly into Final Cut instead of recording to tape and then capturing all the tapes again, when you have a 4 day conference this is a lot of hours.
Any ideas anyone.
Many thanks

Use easy setup for HDV then start camera then Capture Now from log and capture but you will not get timecode. Also make sure to check the "limit capture now" settings because space will be reserved. If you know each speaker is 1/2 hour, set it for an hour and you should be fine.
What output settings did you set the Z1 up with? What computer and version of FCP?

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