FCP Capturing Problem

ESC button does not work when capturing from JVC HD 100. Can anyone help please?

First off, I am very impressed that you made a capture card. Wow.
Secondly, you can't 'bypass' the codec as you need to specify a Quicktime codec as the target format that you are capturing too. How can you capture footage but not save it as a specific format type? And yes, if you intend this to be used with FCP, it will have to be QT based.
We are all end users here, so you might do good to contact Apple's Developer wing...
Shane

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