How can I get my DV-60I video out of my JVC HD-100u and into FCP6

Question

The title says it all. I shot three football games on the JVC hd-100u Camcorder in DV-60I, and another tape in HDV-SD60P. Does anyone know how to properly set up FCP6 to recognize the camera and the footage? I've tried everything I can think of, and keep re-reading the manual, but I'm new to both the camera and FCP and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.9)  

Answer 1

Not having a time limit when using capture now has been known to fill a hard drive, effectively crashing the drive and the computer.
The inability of cameras to easily connect via firewire comes up here regularly.
Try this as a troubleshooting sequence -
- Turn everything off
- If you have an external firewire drive, disconnect it.
- With only the camera connected to the firewire bus, turn it on
- Turn on the Computer
- Open up System Profiler and look for the FIREWIRE section.
- Do you see your camera listed?
If no,
- you have basic connection issues - try the firewire port reset (do a search here on the forum)
If yes,
- Open up iMovie and try to capture a short segement.
- Did it work?
if no,
- there is something potentially wacky with your camera settings.
if yes,
- Now open up FCP, make sure your firewire communication protocol is appropriate for your camera.
- Try to log a short clip and capture using Batch Capture.
- Did it work?
If no,
- you likely likely need to reinstall Quicktime. Read through THIS ARTICLE.
If yes,
- you may need to install a second bus for your capture drive. You do not want to be capturing to the system drive.
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