FCE skipping during capture?

I'm running the newest version of Final Cut Express, and my OS is Leopard.
I've captured my movie (from my canon camcorder) and when i put it in my movie or preview it it skips!!!! The Camcorder is kinda old but it still works. Does anyone have an answer or a tip for my problem? Any comments welcome. Thanks

Okay I've figured out what the prob was...
Make sure you have the right camera settings AND make sure your HD if fast enough. I had selected my Scratch disk as and external HD and it was just NOT working. I switched it back the the Internal and it works now.

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Could this be the same problem encountered by people using FCE 3.0 and earlier who updated to OSX 10.4.9 recently ?
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Hi Lisa,
Well, for starters you probably have less free space on your internal HD than you did a year ago - rule of thumb is keep at least 15%-20% free space on your drives, especially your system drive; more free space is better. Couple that with the fact that USB really can't keep up with the demands of video and it's easy to get dropped frames.
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Tully,
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Tom,
Same issue here. I've been capturing well with the same setup months ago and have not had this issue until now.
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Keith,
For whatever reason (perhaps the intense processor needs) HDV does not allow you to monitor your audio during capture. The computer just will not do it. What I have done, if I really want to hear what's happening durning capture, is plug my speakers into the headphone jack of my XL H1. Due to the processing that's going on, the audio "lags" behind the video by a couple of seconds.
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Video and audio actually captures fine. I can hear audio during capture but cannot see any video.
I know there is no video preview when capturing HDV but I am capturing DV.
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FIXED!
Heres how it went:
Went to Device Manager and let windows look for an updated driver for my Graphics Card (Radeon HD 4200). Windows said the most current driver was installed. It was NOT the most current driver. I went out to ATI and got the most current driver, installed, reboot and OH JOY! I get video in the capture window during preview AND during capture (of DV)!
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Side Note*
Most of us spend hours on forums looking for answers/fixes to particular problems. Most replies I see are either in the vein of "I have that problem too" or " try this, it worked in this OTHER version or try this OTHER software" etc. If you dont have an answer/fix for the problem, dont post.
ON the flip side of that, when posting a problem you want an answer to, Give all the pertinent information in your initial question. " Premiere crashes when I plug up my camera" does NOT suffice! What version of Premiere, what camera, what OS, What kind of connection, etc.

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