Log & capture

hi there, i having big problems capturing footage from a couple of DV tapes. it captures for about 5 seconds (using capture now) then it stops. and an error message comes up saying capture encourtered a problem reading the data on the source tape?? am i doing something wrong? any suggestions? please help!!

It is possible the clip you are logging and capturing is very short? FCP needs a certain amount of length to a clip.
1. Trash the preference files.
2. Check your scratch disk to make sure there is enough space allocated for any clips to be saved.
3. Check to make sure your camcorder or deck is supported by FCP and if not use make a custom setting from the generic capture driver.
Please excuse me if I left out any easy suggestions, been using the boards for a well and figured it was time to give back some.
15' 1.5 Powerbook   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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