FCP preview disabled

I'm trying to capture video and the capture window say's "preview disabled" how do I enable it so I can preview the video I want to capture?

The other thing going on sometimes is that the user is looping the FW from a camera or deck through a drive's FW port... that works on some drives, but not all drives. I've had no problem doing it with Weibetech drives and also had no problem with G-Tech drives. But just try it with a LaCie and you're in for pain usually... Sometimes just having the low end FW drives connected to the same bus (not looping, but using two inputs on the Mac will make for pain too... better FW drives matter I think. G-Tech, Weibetech, OWC, and CalDigit setups seem to not hog all the bandwidth or whatever and allow for both a drive and a camera/deck to be used at the same time... the REAL fix is to add another FW bus to the Mac via a card or an expresscard in a PB... SATA rules anyway. I'll not buy FW drives anymore. They don't cost much less that SATA externals, and the SATA's are a TON faster.
Jerry
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Capture "Preview Disabled" and unable to "Capture Now"

Okay so I don't think I'm the only one but figgured I'd post just to see what the status is.
Today I went to capture some plain ol' DV footage from my Panasonic PV-GS500 minidv camcorder and was unable to... sorta.
If I try to capture I get the message "preview disabled" and at the top it shows (AV)(Unknown).
If I try to capture now i get the message "Attempt to capture video without a video device selected. Please select a video device in your capture presets and try again".
I'm using that NTSC Anamorphic easy setup and had no troubles in the past. I beleive that it might have something to do with QT 7.3 as others have suggested.
What makes it so strange is that if I log clips (monitoring on the cameras LCD itself) and then batch capture it appears to work fine. I can also send video to the Camera.
Finally to top it all off it captures just fine using iMovie - but this is hardly a solution by any means.
So anyone know what the deal is?

You might rey first simply resetting everything to make sure nothing is interfering with the deck control. Power cycle the camera as well. Perhaps if iMovie had been communicating with the camera, FCP may not be able to work correctly with it until it was reset.
I have read of several instance of similar problems having to do with recent upgrades, however. Hope you are not one of the unlucky ones having issues with QT , FCP, OS versions etc.

Preview disabled in log and capture

I am using Final Cut Pro 7 on the latest iMac i7.
I have a DVCam deck connected to the iMac via a firwire 800 cable.
There is a DV tape with DV footage in the deck.
I am able to control the deck from log and capture but the display is the colour bar window with PREVIEW DISABLED on it.
I have checked and double checked that my settings are correct, that video and audio are selected in capture settings etc etc.
Everything is selected correctly on the deck.
All mu suer preferences and presets are also correct.
I have trashed FCP preferences as well.
The content on the tape is viewable fine on the camera and on an external monitor.
So, in summary:
I am unable to log and capture DV material from the tape even though the deck is controllable from log and capture window.

It's a Sony DVCam DSR 11 deck which will play mini DV or DvCam tapes recorded in PAL or NTSC.
I haven't changed anything on the deck at all since last usung it a few weeks ago with the G5 and Tiger OS. I simply unplugged the firewire and plugged it straight into the new iMac.
The old G5 was running FCP6, but because the G5 and Tiger (it's was a pre Intel machine) won't run FCP7 I decided to use this as the reason to upgrade and chage to the iMac i7 Lion OS.
The material in question is PAL DV on mini tapes.
The camera is a Panasonic DVX100A and only capapble of recording in SD DV.
All the selection switches are correct on the deck. I'm puzzled why I can get the image and capture from the camera, with the same cable, and yet not from the deck.
Thanks Michael

"Preview Disabled" how to resolve!!??

I have a Sony GV-D300 connected to my G5, and a video(PAL) monitor connected to that. When I capture from tape I control the deck from FCP log and capture window.
Sometimes I get no image on the capture monitor and no control from capture window. Instead I get a "preview Disabled" message.
I've tried "refreshAV devices and View-all frames" but still no image in the capture window. Is there a setting in pref's/
I've heard "mirror desktop " mentioned but can't find it anywhere
regards alan (in uk)
G5 1.25DP; Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2GiG RAM; FCP Studio5.1

Some cameras/decks don't do well with FCP unless they were turned on before the computer boots. This has to do with how they respond to firewire bus polling.
Make sure the deck is plugged in and on before you boot the computer (NO hot swapping - firewire ports can get fried.)
The system should find the deck without problem which gives FCP plenty of time to connect with the deck during its startup processes.
If this doesn't help, sometimes a QT reinstall solves some lingering capture control issues.
Do a search here for 'Quicktime delete receipts and reinstall'. It is mentioned often enough to come up readily during a search.
good luck.
x

Preview Disabled after crossgrade

Hello. Well, I finally plunged into the deep end and installed 5.1 on my system with a clean install after staring at the crossgrade disks for weeks. I installed the Blackmagic drivers, fcp rescue etc. Unfortunately, when I now try to capture, I get the horrible little preview disabled message. I have searched the forum for fixes, but all the posts seem to be about capturing from camcorders or decks via firewire. We have a Panasonic AJ-D950 RS-422 deck so a lot of the trouble shooting can't be done. I have trashed preferences, reinstalled QuickTime, reinstalled new Blackmagic drivers and set up new easy set ups, unfortunately it still doesn't seem to work. I can control the deck but just can't preview. If anyone has advise, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Preview Disabled

I am very new to FCP, but I just connected my Sony V1 to my computer. I open Log and capture and it read VTR okay but I cant view my footage in FCP because the screen read Preview Disabled. How do I enable the preview. Is it something in my settings?
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device control DCVPRO 1080i50 Firewire
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please help

Welcome to the family.
I have nothing to offer, someone will in a few minutes/hours/days.
Meantime search the forum archives for that camera model (which I do not use and know nothing about)
However, if you are shooting HDV, you're in for some really bad news. FCP is just no fun with HDV.
bogiesan

Preview Disabled! - Is the Tape Somehow the Problem?

This one is a puzzler. I've come across what seems to be a common problem—with a twist—and I can't find the answer.
I've used FCP for years. But today, for the first time, when capturing video in FCP from my camera, I received a "Preview Disabled" message.
I can control the camera in FCP. It says "VTR OK" in the bottom of the window and, indeed, I can see the tape play in the camera's monitor. But I can't capture video or audio. All I can see is color bars.
Here's the thing. It's only with this tape. Tapes from other projects can still easily be read and captured. And the computer doesn't matter. The same issue arises with my G4 (Tiger) or my MacBook Pro (Leopard).
I've got to believe it's about the mini-dv tape (TDK DVM 60 [ME]) or perhaps the inexpensive mini-dv camera (forget the make and model at the moment) I borrowed to shoot the images—perhaps recording things at a different speed?
Any ideas? Thanks......B

Thanks, Randy, but the consumer camera is back in Shanghai, so I can't capture again with it.
But that's the **** thing, the video plays perfectly on my Sony VX 2000. And everything indicates that it was recorded at SP. Obviously I'll have to play it from another deck or camera, but again, every other mini-dv tape I have — both from my own projects and those of others — work fine with my system. So I'm not sure what the problem is.

Another Preview Disabled with details

Sorry to post about another case but i've searched and tried everything.
- quicktime reinstall
- reset midi
- reinstallations of software
- play with camera settings
- checking for updates from all possible angles
I have a Sony DCR-HC26 and using Final Cut 5. black macbook with 1 gb ram. Got an external harddrive hooked up on USB. Capture windows gives PREVIEW DISABLED but it also says VTR OK. i can control the camera. the camcorder viewfinder even displays wat i play from finalcut. simply won't capture becuz the preview is disabled.
Funny thing to add in all this is i can't even capture in iMovie. It says camera connected and playing and even capture ready. But ultimately only a blue screen shows up.
I really need to use this camcorder to play minidv. Any help will be appreciated rather than "search the forum" cuz i have. checked every post i could on different related topics...
thanx

Well... for starters, that machine isn't qualified to run FCP 5... not enough display power... there's a note in the specs about that very thing... Not sure that it abosolutely will not run it, but I'd not be surprised if it won't. Motion won't even install on it I'm sure...
From the specs online here:
AGP Quartz Extreme or PCI Express graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not supported on systems using the Intel Extreme Graphics 950 GMA)
That said.... have you tried trashing your preference files for FCP? and checked the device control settings to be sure that they match what Apple says the camera uses? Look in the Support page for FCP for "qualified devices" and see if the camera's listed there with it's device control setting.
Jerry

DV PAL shows Preview Disabled on Capture

I'm trying to get a PAL DV tape to capture in FCP. I keep getting the "Preview Disabled" message in the capture window. When I put in an NTSC tape it plays fine. I've changed all my capture settings to PAL including my firewire settings. I'm using a Sony HVR-M15U. I tried capturing in Imovie and was unable. The only place so far I've been able to capture in is Sorenson Squeeze, but the quality's not great from what I can tell. Anybody have a clue?
Thank you,
Alex

The deck does these things automatically, but then I went and set it to 50i and everything changed. Now it works. I guess this is what you told me to do basically.
Thanks,
Alex

Fcp5 preview disabled message

I tried restarting my computer many times but fcp5 keeps saying preview disabled in the capture window. I can control my camera but cant see the video. I have latest osx g4 mirror door 23 cinema display and ati radeon 9800 card. Does anyone know the remedy for his. I even tried re installing fcp.

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The famous issue: "Preview disabled"

Hello there,
I'm from the Netherlands, so sorry if my English isn't so good.
I have the famous problem with FinalCut Pro.. I've searched around this forum but I can't find a good solution. I've tried a lot: reinstall Quicktime, reinstall FCP, unplug my computer for 9 hours. But nothing of this seems to work..
I've got the Sony Digital Handycam DCR-VX1000E, and when I plug it into my computer FCP says: "Preview disabled". Now, when I press play everything works (the timecode, the camera begins to play) accept for the preview. I see the wonderfull colorbars, they are very nice, but not really what I like to see. In iMovie I can capture very well, everything works immediately. Unfortunately iMovie is not my kind of program and I really want to juse FCP.
So if you're the one that can help me, you're my hero .
Thanks a lot!

Wow, thanks for the quick answer!
Yes, I've also tried other camera's, and they worked fine.. And it's really wierd because I've tried this camera also on a MacBook Pro, on the same edition of FCP and here it worked good. Immediately..
I have this little thing into my computer: http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/61064002/wo/yJ7m SOdtpLci2ehiOXZvBBGu6RX/1.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.0.3
I have it now for 2 days, just like my new intel mac, so I don't know (jet) how it works. This is what i've got also in my Firewire port.
Also I've a Lacie external hd into my computer, but this one juse USB. Can it help if I unplug this one?
Do you think I should buy a new firewire bus? This one works good on iMovie so I think it's something with the settings of FCP, right?

Getting the following message on Final Cut Express "audio only capture selected video preview disabled" how can I get the video capture back?

I'm getting the following message on screen when attempting to capture video "audio only capture selected, video preview disabled." How can I get the view preview back?

FCE doesn't allow for audio only capture, it's in a twist somewhere.
Try trashing the FCE preferences.
Al

FCE 3.5.1 & Preview Disabled

First let me provide my system specs to get those out of the way.
MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Core2
4GB RAM
Mac OS X 10.5.2 (All updates except Leopard Graphics Update: Made my fans run all the time!)
Quicktime 7.4.5
Final Cut Express 3.5.1
Canon GL2
Settings in FCE are:
Video out is set to Apple FireWire NTSC
Cache has been set to local /Users/user/Documents/FCE Documents/
Issue: When trying to capture video from the Canon GL2 I get "Preview Disabled" in the capture console. I get VTR OK message and I can control the camera but when I click on Capture Now I get "This operation could not be completed as there is no video" error message.
Based on posts on this and other forums I have tried:
1. Deleting FCE prefs
2. Removed all QT Receipts and attempt re-installing QT
Weird thing is that iMovie 08 works fine with the camera. So any thoughts or suggestions on how to resolve this?

Never mind the video out, what about the video in. What capture preset are you using? Any other devices connected to the computer at all?

Preview Disabled doing my head in

I've read a lot of different stuff about the 'preview disabled' problem but can't find a satisfactory awnser.
I'm using a MacBook with FCE 3.5.1 and Quicktime pro 7.1.5. I'm capturing direct to the harddrive from the firewire port from a PAL sony FX1. The tapes are NTSC but this camera DOES playback NTSC, indeed a few days ago I was capturing perfectly with this setup, in easy setup it was DV NTSC anamorphic.
I was capturing all day, then today I try and in the capture window it says 'Preview Disabled'. The timecode still comes up and I can control the VCR from the keyboard, the capture window says VTR OK.
I have not changed anything from the other day, this is the first time i've opened FCE since so nothings changed but now I can't capture anything eventhough the other day it was working perfectly.
Everthings set to NTSC HOWEVER, when I put a PAL tape in the camera I can capture stuff????? I've tried NTSC basic and all that.
Would deleting the FCE pref help like I saw on a previous post for FCE 2? and if so how would I do it in FCE 3.5.1?
Please Help???????

Interesting.
That remedy suggests to me that your camera has auto sensing input/output terminals.
A lot of gear has that type to make things easier for the user, so called connect and forget method. Ironically as in your case it's sort of made things harder because a signal needs to be present to actually switch it on.
At least now we all know about it. Thanks for posting.
Al

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