Help with FCE 4 "Editing Workshop" Lesson 4

At page 59/60 of Lesson 4 "Getting Material into Final Express" my fun with all the previous chapters comes to an end. If I go to File>Capture (Command-8) this does not bring up the Capture window as shown in figure 4.1. Instead it brings up a window with seven coloured vertical bars and a horizontal black bar saying "Preview Disabled". I also have no buttons and timecode displays at the bottom of the viewer. The window on the right is as shown. Can anyone tell me what I misunderstood? Where does the clip in figure 4.1 come from?

Hi, I'm a newbie but what you describe the screen being disable is what I see before I start to capture by usung one of the three choices 'Clip' 'Now' or 'Project'. I think it may be because your camcorder is sitting in a timecode break position. When you actually start ingesting it should reposition itself . Try winding your video forward in the disable window and you should see your video. Hope this helps. Denis
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