Converting VHS and other Analog into Final Cut Pro

Hello,
I've taken it upon myself to archive some old home videos of a deceased young cousin of mine. The video is on VHS and getting old and I want to put it on DVD for her parents, and then "Print to Video" on DV for a new master hard copy I can use for my personal archive.
I bought a Canopus 300 converter, plugged it into my PowerMac G5 via FireWire, and I can now see the footage on my Mac.
What I can't do, is seem to find it in my "Log and Capture" window for Final Cut Pro.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I also thought about looping it to a DV camera and dubbing it, then having this footage with a new TimeCode and then capture it into Final Cut Pro.
My first priority is getting this video preserved in the best quality video possible (it's already not so good to begin with).

What I can't do, is seem to find it in my "Log and Capture" window for Final Cut Pro.Does anyone have any suggestions?
You must set your capture settings to Non controllable device in order to capture from the converter and use Capture Now.
I also thought about looping it to a DV camera and dubbing it, then having this footage with a new TimeCode and then capture it into Final Cut Pro.
If your camera hace analog inputs you can do that. This way you'll have a safe copy of your footage. Using the first option, you can make some basics edits and corrections before transfering to the DV, what means cutting some "floo and sky" shoots !
Hope that helps !
  Alberto

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