FCP and LOG & Transfer

I upgraded from FCE to FCP two weeks ago. Everything is going well.
I was attempting to use LGO and Transfer in FCP. But once I select the option
menu it crashes. I used the Crash analyser and it says
the crash thread is
2 com.apple.P2Plugin 0x0ca8b23b TimecodeDecrement + 189
I was able to use L&T on my desktop FCE with no problem. and pull video off my Cancon HF10.
No with FCP crash crash crash
any suggestions?
I have not camera connected to my laptop and it L&T crashes.

Whoa, wait, you're on a PowerBook, with 10.3, and installed FCP 7? QuickTime Pro version and other things are going to have major issues. Need to be on OS X 10.6 for FCP 7. You also need to be on an Intel machine for FCP 7.

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