FCPX will is capturing entire tape footage with import

Need some help please. I import as I have done on lots of other projects the footage from my consumer Sony HC9 (HDV) camera.
This time however FCPX is not capturing the last 7 mins on the tape. It seems to stop at 55:54:15 for some reason. The import goes to the end of tape and looks like it is working, but when I start editing I can see the last 7 mins or so of footage has not been captured. Tryed to do another capture in a new event> Same result! Any ideas why? Cheers

Bryan, seems very odd that the archiving method didn't work
Anyway my first suggestion would be to try capturing the last 7min of your tape using a manual method. You can do this by using QuickTime Player 10.0. Choose File - New Movie Recording and be sure to change your capture settings.
My second suggestion would be to try iMove. If nether of these work, then you can bet your bottom dollar that the cause is more likely to be the tape not FCP X.
Let me know who you go.

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