Firewire missing

Hello everybody,
I'm a new Mac and FCP user, i have my new mac for about 2 weeks now and very happy with it( it's another world) but i have some problems on FCP capturing footage from my Canon XM2 pal camera, on log and capture when i set everything up to capture i get ' no connection' and when i try too change mine audio/video setup 'video playback' says: (missing)firewire pal 720x576. Some help.....
Please help??????? !!!!
greetings

That's the disadvantage of the iMac -it can't be expanded.
You didn't mention if you are trying to capture to an external drive or the internal.
That does not matter for now, lets make sure FCP is set up correctly...
Final Cut Pro should not be running.
Connect the FireWire cable to your computer. Connect the other end to the camera and attach the power supply. Turn the camera on. Make sure there's a tape in it. Run it forward a little until you see a picture.
The next instructions refer to menu commands in English. If your computer is set up to use Dutch, you can change it to English temporarily. Open System Preferences > International > Language and drag English to the top of the list. Drag Dutch to the top of the list when you are finished with this, to revert back to that language.
Go to the Apple icon at the top left of you screen and click on "About This Mac".
Click on "More Info" in the lower part of the window that just popped up.
You are now in System Profiler. Click on FireWire in the left column. Do you see your camera listed on the right? If not, try a different FireWire cable. If your camera is listed, proceed as follows:
Start Final Cut Pro. Go to the menu bar: Final Cut Pro > Easy Setup and choose DV PAL from the list.
Choose the DV PAL Anamorphic setting if your footage was shot in 16:9. Click OK.
Menu Bar again: Sequence > Settings > Load Sequence Preset. Click OK.
Go to Log & Capture. Can you see and control your camera now?

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Hi Rose,
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You do want the G4/450 to use DHCP, the G4/933 will likely end up handing out an IP to the 450 of 192.168.2.4, (one higher in the 3rd & 4th place, and wont work if the 933 started out as x.x.2.x), but it must do it itself to keep track of NAT within itself.
True you can't do both File & Internet Sharing at once.
On the G4/933, en0/Ethernet needs to be dragged to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations. On the G4/450, fw0/Firewire needs to be dragged to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations.
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/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
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http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/cats/28/index2.html
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This happened in 2 edit suites. I fixed it in edit 1 by resetting PRAM and trashing prefs. Edit 2 won't see it.
I can capture via Firewire from this deck (Sony M35U), so I obviously have a connection. System Profiler shows the deck and all its info, so it's obviously recognized by the computer. If I capture via the AJA, I can still set deck control over Firewire, so it's obviously THERE.
Yet, when I go to View/Video Output, it's not even an option. I don't even get the [Missing] Firewire NTSC 720 x 480 option. It's just not there. I have all the AJA options, but not the FIrewire ones. Anyone seen this disappear like that?
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Resetting PRAM several times
Trashing prefs (all of 'em)
Disconnecting all cables and reconnecting
Checked all of the settings on the deck several times
Changed Firewire cable twice
WOndering if this is an AJA conflict, but it works now in the other edit suite, which is a clone of this one. Weird and frustrating.
Haven't tried setting up a new user yet, gonna try that now. If you have a clue, please clue me in…

All the settings were exactly the same. I changed nothing. It was a weird experience, but on a whim I decided to simply swap the decks in the rooms, wondering if there was some corrupt communication from the decks via the Firewire. Seems that was the case, because once I switched rooms, everything worked. Glad it worked out, because I was about to send the decks in for repair, having tested the ports, the Firewire cables, and FCP, and all came out working fine. Can't explain it, but it works.
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Hi all,
I've read tons on this but can't find a solution...please help.
I needed to output a spot to miniDV for a station (haven't needed to do this in quite a while) but when I start up to output there's the "(missing) Apple FireWire NTSC (720 x 480)" message.
I recently (past 6 or so months) upgraded to Final Cut Studio 3 (not sure if this is significant).
I'm certain all of my capture and sequence settings are correct (used EasySetup and checked settings).
I also:
trashed prefs
zapped the PRAM
removed QT versions and installed the most recent version
copied all additional easy setups to the library
checked cables and ports
reset decks to factory settings
checked system profiler is seeing decks
removed other peripherals on FW chain
My FCP is not seeing either of my decks – it won't load up the Apple FireWire NTSC for video or audio out.
It's not the decks – ultimately I had to transfer the project over to my laptop for output to the deck.
I don't know what to do.
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Dual-Core 2x2.66 Xeon PowerMac G5 with 9 GB RAM
FCP 7.0.3, QT7.6.9, AJA Kona 3, JVC BR-HD50 Deck, Sony GV-HD700 Clamshell Deck
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Woops! Thanks for replying.
Sorry for the disinformation – it's a MacPro 2nd Gen Dual 2.66 Intel Xeon with 9G RAM, AJA Kona3, and a 3ware Sidecar eSATA RAID.
The system recognizes both of my decks (JVC BR-HD50, and Sony GV-HD700). I'm just using the DV-NTSC easy setup to keep things simple and I check to make sure all of the AV tabs reflect these settings accurately.
This is the way I've always done it for going out to these decks for years now and I've never had any problems. I have a standard DV-NTSC sequence with bars and tone, slate, countdown, etc. for sending to stations. I haven't had to do this in quite a few months as stations are increasingly accepting digital files via ftp.
As I mentioned, I've done everything I've seen suggested online, and also tried the powered FW400 hub with no luck.
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Message was edited by: JWilson

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