Clearing the Capture Scratch file

When is it safe to clear the files in your capture scratch file? i am going to be upgrading to leopard and when i upgrade i want to strip my 3 hard drives. so before i do that i want to make sure i have my back up all my current work and get rid of what ever is not important. so the big question is what can you trash and what do you need to keep in this file. if i had to guess, you need to keep all the files that are current, if you delete them then you will need to recapture them. is that correct?

Ian's right.
But if you're brave and - more importantly - are absolutely meticulous about how you logged your clips (reel number being the most important) and are sure that all your DV tapes run in an unbroken 00:00;00-60:00;00 - then you can delete your capture scratch per project whenever you feel comfortable about doing that and then...
... when everything has been reinstalled and reformatted back up you can open your original project files, click capture project and you will be prompted to insert your reels number/name by number/name. FCE will automatically find what you logged.
If you're too late (ie you've entered too many reel 001's) you can still change the reel settings in the appropriate bins in the browser. Just view as list and then and rename the reel settings.
Be sure to name the tapes too.
You should be fine (if you're brave and meticulous).
Incidentally all other files can the FCE docs folder (Waveform cache, thumbnail cache, autosave vault, ender files and audio render files) can be safely deleted. When you re-open your project files you can re-render everything. Just never never delete your project files.
Hope this helps.
M.

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im not like lierally dieing but i do need help urgently with Final Cut!
I am trying to capture my video from the camera and the message pops up that says "Insufficient Disk Space Remaining in the Capture Scratch".
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It means that you do not have sufficiant space on your scratch disk to capture your video.
What have you designated as your scratch disk? Which drive? Get Info on that drive to see how much space you have available. When you Capture, your Capture Window will give you info on how much space your drive has, and how much video (in time) you put on it
The solution is to get more space. Like clearing stuff off your drive or getting a new one
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Main hard drive with the OS and all your applications.
Second internal hard drive you are adding will contain all the scratch disks and project files.
For example, on this I have a folder entitled "FCP Docs on HD6" which contain all my scratch disks of Audio Render Files/Autosave Vault/Capture Scratch/Render Files/Thumbnail Cache Files/Waveform Cache Files that I set under FCP preferences. I also have another folder on this hard drive that I have labeled for a client--ex. Smith Project--and in here I keep all the other items for this project--the FCP project itself, any jpegs I'm using, any clips I've made self-contained to do smoothcam on, etc.
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DG
I think you'll not reuse a tape in your life again, right?
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