Final Cut suddenly unable to capture from any source

I suddenly started having an inability to capture in Final Cut. I have always used Final Cut Express and a Sony handicam and a firewire port.
2 weeks ago when I went to capture I started getting “dropped frames” error messages. As you know, unchecking that feature in FCE or FCP simply results in video and audio that don’t match up. Anyway I tried that and it didn’t work.
I have used two other firewire cables
I am using OS 10.5.8
in trying to fix this problem, I upgraded to Final Cut Express 4 (from 2.0)
I trashed preferences.
I used disk repair and verify permissions
I booted up and down
then I gave up on the sony handicam and connected my G5 to a JVC editing deck I have, the JVC SR-DVM70.
When I connect my G5 to my JVC deck through the firewire In/Out port, I get the message, “VTR OK” so the connection is there.
When I hit “play” in Final Cut, it does control the deck and makes it play—but I do not see the video in Final Cut; I only see it on the JVC deck monitor.
When I hit “stop” it does not make the JVC deck stop. The only function it seems to control is simply “Play.”
Then when I go to capture, I get the message: "unable to capture because there is no video."
I have tried several different “Easy Setup” settings, including several firewire settings (including basic firewire) and several NTSC settings and a PAL setting.
Weird.
anybody out there a genius with this?

There is a separate forum for FCE.
Make sure you are using the correct HDV settings in FCE and that the camera is set to output HDV and not downconvert.

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