Locating time code

Final Cut Express v 3.5 Message while capturing now “Locating time code break”
Mac OS: 10.4.11 Processor: 2016 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 1GB 667MHz DDR 2 SDRAM
Camcorder: Panasonic NTSC Mini DV
Capture with Firewire cable directly connected to Imac
FCE System Settings: Internal Disk (114.7 GB available)
User Prefs: Check: Report dropped frames during playback.
Unchecked: Abort capture on dropped frames.
Easy Setup: DV-NTSC
I continue to receive the above message “Locating time code” when I try to capture now.
In researching this discussion group for possible corrective steps, I did the following with the same results:
Cleaned the heads on the Panasonic.
Replaced the Firewire.
Used a different tape.
Used a different camcorder, Sony, with a different tape.
Uninstalled Final Cut Express and reinstalled from DVD.
Can anyone offer additional suggestions?
Thank you.

That's why capture is having this problem. It's trying to capture around the breaks. Edging forward, trying to find you timecode, rolling in, prerolling, and then starting up again.
When you shoot you should make sure that you record enough preroll and postroll for every shot and that the shots overlap so the timecode is unbroken. If you just stop and start the camera this won't happen. The problem usually occurs when you go back to review what you shot and you don't leave the camera parked on existing media but roll past it into blank tape.

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