Firewire NTSC (720x480) Missing

Help please...!
I try to capture and get:
Unable to locate following devices: Apple Firewire NTSC (720x480).
Unable to initialize video.
device control preset: Firewire NTSC Basic
video playback says: (Missing) Apple Firewire NTSC (720x480)
audio: builtin playback
Don't do a lot of projects but for about every two months and i did look on the boards but didn't
get a clear answer at least for me...so can somebody tell me what the heck's going on?
Need to get these tapes back to client..
bq!

Lots on this subject if you do a search here.
Try this one... might help.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8136097#8136097

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