Firewire and MBP
Hi, Trying to start my very first FCP Project. However, can't get video from camera to MBP. I did look in archives and followed advice, but to no avail. Maybe missed something. If you can, any help would be appreciated as I've been at it for days. Panasonic PV DV953D to MBP via brand new cord. Luckily, cord can only plug in one way so that part is correct. I get "Unable to locate ..." Presets are: Apple Firewire NTSC (720x480); Sequence: DV NTSC 48 kHz; Capture: Same as preset; Device Control: Firewire NTSC Basic. Any ideas? Thanks, Joseph
NEVER IN A 100 YEARS would I known to have done that. Checked Firewire first and it saw: PV-953. Opened iMovie and video came up instantly. Didn't know anything about iChat so went to the manual and although it was not on, the camera wanted to use the 953. Put it on internal camera, went back to FCP and THERE IT WAS!
Thanks ever sooo much for taking the time to help out.
Joseph
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Run 2: FW800: Plug in drive, partition, start time machine backing up 500GB of data.
Result: Lockup a bit after 6GB of data. May have been 4.39 GB of data again. Verified lockup in finder. Time Machine unable to cancel backup.
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I recently bought a new MBP and I'm a bit confused about the DVD drive.
According to apple, "some slot loading drives may support mini-DVD's (80 mm)"
According to these discussion forums and what I've seen online, thats not at all true, and putting one in your macbook will make the DVD get stuck.
As for the converter thing that you put the mini dvd on to make it a full sized disk, I've seen some people who say that this works and some say the DVD still is not recognized.
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Hello to all!
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