Mac to DV Deck

I will kick myself later for this...... but I have a Power Mac G5 and a DV/SVHS player trying to hook it up together. I need a 4 pin to 6 pin DV cable right?? Or are there any other suggestions??? Thank you in advance.....

I need a 4 pin to 6 pin DV cable right??
Yes, if your player has DV out. If not, you need a signal converter. Can you tell us more about the player? What output does it have? What are trying to achieve connecting it to your Mac? Finally, have you searched the forum for earlier posts on the same topic?

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Cannot capture, but can do pretty much everything else with deck. What now?

Hello everybody,
I'm writing for the Gateway Media Center. We're basically a small group of students which handles anything video or TV related for a public school district, mainly the high school. Our main editing system (Mac connected to a MiniDV deck via FireWire)is the subject of this post.
And we've got a bit of a problem. I've seen it at least once before on these forums, but no solution in that topic helped.
Basically, we can't capture video or audio with Final Cut Pro, but we can control the deck, watch audio levels coming from the deck within Final Cut, and even record edited material to tape with the deck just fine. We CAN capture with another application.
I'd like to say that NO, we have not updated anything within the past six months or so, at least not to my knowledge. (The problem started last week).
*_A detailed decription of what DOESN'T work:_*
Log & Capture window: The preview monitor within the window always shows the default color bars and the black horizontal band that roughly says 'Preview Disabled'.
*With device 'FireWire NTSC' selected:*
*Aud+Vid, Capture Now:* The black window with the whire Final Cut window opens. The bottom says 'Waiting for Timecode'. After this sits there for a few seconds, a message pops up and says roughly 'The operation could not be completed because there is no video'. The deck is automatically paused.
*Video Only, Cap. Now:* same as above^.
*Audio Only, Cap. Now:* Black window, bottom says 'capturing now', as it should, but when the Esc key is hit a message that says roughly 'ERROR: Final Cut could not read the movie file just captured' pops up.
*With 'Non-Controlable device' selected:* same as above, except that 'Waiting for Timecode' is replaced with 'Allocating Disk Space'.
*A detailed description of what DOES work:*
- Video and Audio go TO the deck, whether it's from Timeline/Canvas, Viewer, or Print to Video. I succesfully recorded an edit to tape just yesterday.
- The deck can be controlled with the JKL keys, the buttons on the Log & Cap. window, go to In point and even Batch Capture cues the tape correctly.
- Timecode is visible in the top right of the preview monitor in the L&C window, and it is the right timecode.
- Audio levels visible (in that stand-alone window which is usually to the right of the timeline) match what I'm hearing from the deck's analog monitor.
- Vidi, a simple little program, can record video which is manually cued with the deck. The saved video file(s) can then be successfully imported into FCP.
_*Trouble-shooting ALREADY attempted:*_
1) Correct turn on order: Shut everything down, unplug the deck's power, turn on and log into Mac, plug in deck and wait for it to wake up, turn the deck on, then launch Final Cut.
2) Check deck's input and output settings.
3) Unplug other FireWire devices. (We use an external hard drive connected on the same firewire bus. Not that it's ever been a problem)
4) Change Captrue Scratch location and make sure there's enough disk space.
5) Delete Final Cut Pro Preferences and that 'com.apple.finalcutpro.plist' thing.
_*Trouble-shooting NOT attempted:*_
1) Replace FireWire cable. I think it's safe to say the cable's fine since the computer can capture with Vidi, but I guess I should try this too, next time I get a chance.
2) Remove receipts and Re-install Final Cut Pro. (Really, a last resort.)
_*The specs:*_
Yes, this stuff is pretty old. Like I said, we're talking about a pulic school district, and the system usually suits us just fine.
FCP: Final Cut Pro HD (Academic) 4.5
+set up with the 'DV NTSC 48kHz' Easy Setup. Video playback on 'FireWire NTSC 720x480'. Yes, External Video All Frames.+
*The Mac:* PowerMac G4 (of what I believe would be called the MDD case model family)
OS: Mac OS X, version 10.3.9
CPUs: Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4, 2 MB L3 cache per processor
RAM: 1 GB DDR SDRAM
HDDs: Two drives, reportedly on the 'ATA-6' bus.
*The Deck:* JVC SR-DVM700 (3-in-1 MiniDV (with the 'PROFESSIONAL DV' logo), hard drive, and DVD-RW/RAM), 4-pin FireWire port connected to 6-pin port on Mac.
+Deck's Monitor:+ one professional CRT video monitor with built-in mono speaker, analog inputs directly connected to deck, made by JVC.
Sorry about the long post, I wanted to make it clear.
We're getting into a nice crunch as the school year is ending, and we really need to get this running. Any tips would be great!
Thanks,
Jake T.
+Gateway Media Communication Center / Gateway High School Video Club / Gateway Video Productions+

That makes sense, but our problem started last week - Final Cut captured fine before then.
And I don't think it's been updated lately, as 7.4.5 is the latest version of QuickTime for OS10.3.9. If an update caused the problem, wouldn't the update be to 7.4.5, and not 7.3.1?
Nevertheless, I'll try it.
Thanks,
Jake T.

FCP can't open .ipr (LiveType)

The First: i can speak in english very little, sorry.
My problem:
My FCP can't open the livetype project (.ipr) WHY?????
The message: "Wrong Type"
I have:
FCP 4.1 retail
LiveType 1.0 (1.1.1 is problem too)
Pro Application Support 2.1
QuickTime 6.5.2
Can anyone help to me?
thx all!
miisii

Are you running FCP 4.5 now and NOT FCP 4.1? If so, try trashing your preference files... same website has a preference file utility. If it still doesn't see your DV deck, post back... it's probably not a software issue. does your Mac see the deck? From the System Profiler found in your Utilities folder? If not, it's a hardware problem... and 4.1 won't see it either... there's a PMU switch you can push to reset your FW bus too... it's done by disconnecting power from your machine, then pushing this tiny button on your motherboard. Usually near the battery or RAM chips labeled PMU.
Jerry

FCP Firewire Issues / Device control exporting footage

I previously used DV for all importing and exporting through firewire. Recently I've updated to HDV. For some reason I'm unable to print to tape or even tape through the timeline via firewire. at first I thought it was the HDV camera, till I tried to export via firewire to DV again. Nothing happened. FCP wasn't even recognizing the DV Deck or DV camera. It said the device was missing. I went into the audio/video settings and easy set up to no success. What's going with FCP, that I can't output through firewire anymore. Please help, if you have any suggestions.

First of all. Have you tried checking the system profiler to see if you system is recognising the DV deck?
Click Apple symbol/ About this Mac / More Info... / Hardware / Firewire.
If your system is seeing the deck, then the Deck's name / model number should appear on the firewire bus.
If it does, then the problem lies with FCP. Try changing the device control settings to Firewire Basic. Try trashing your preferences.
If the deck does not apear on the firewire bus (press apple R, to refresh) then the problem lies with your system / firewire port / deck.
Try resarting the Mac with the deck already switched on and connected. Try another Firewire cable (Yes they do fail with regular monotony).

What display should I get?

I just got a new Mac Pro pretty decked out. Need to get two LCD monitors. Got an Apple display last year. It's too much money so I'm not getting them for this next computer. What would be a good set of monitors to get that are cheaper than the Apple Displays. Thanks.

I certainly can't complain about my Dell 24" display especially when considering the price I paid for it.

Capturing HDMI thru the Intensity card

I am Capturing HDMI thru the Intensity card on my Mac pro and the image is all blue green, I tried different HDMI cables and went directly to the monitor and the deck is fine. anyone know what this could be? i am renting the JVC deck so this is costing me money!!! i have updated the drivers on my Mac and the deck does have the latest firmware.
Thanks, Mark

What steps have you taken to trouble shoot this so far?
VTR to your monitor looks normal. VTR to Mac through Intensity looks dodgey which suggests:
This JVC VTR is incompatible in some way with FCP? Doubtful and highly unlikey but possible.
Perhaps the menu settings in the Intensity card are bunged up between input of the video and output for monitoring.
I have absolutely no experience with the Intensity card, other users here do so while the Left Coast wakes up, go through your Intensity menus.
Good luck.

HT1014 dv tape camera editing question

I have many dv tapes to edit (current camera too old on new mac). Tape decks seem expensive, what recent dv tape camera, can I use with Imovie 11?

Hi
I have an old SONY TRV-900E miniDV (tape) and it works OK (via FireWire)
may be this can give any idea ?
NO CAMERA or A/D-box
Cable
• Are You sure that You are using the FireWire Cable - USB-Cable will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin (or 9-pin) FW one ?
• Test another FW-Cable very often the problem maker.
Camera
• Test Your Camera on another Mac so that DV-in still works OK
• Toggle in iMovie pref. Play-back via Camera (on <-> off some times)
• Some Cameras has a Menu where You must select DV-out to get it to work
• Camera connected to "charger" (mains adaptor) - not just on battery
• Camera set in Playback mode - NOT Recording mode
Does Your Camera work on another Mac ?
Sorry to say it is to easy to turn the 6-pin end of the FW-cable 180 deg wrong.
This is lethal to the A/D-chip in the Camera = needs an expensive repair.
(Hard to find out - else than import/export to another Mac ceased to work
everything else is OK e.g. recording and playback to TV)
A/D-box
• Is the dip-switches set right ?
• Set to same standard as recorded/editing e.g. NTSC 29.97fps or PAL 25fps
• Try resetting it
Connections
• Daisy Chaining most often doesn’t work (some unique cases - it’s the only way that work (some Canon Cameras ?))
Try to avoid connecting Camera <--> external HD <--> Mac but import directly to the Mac then move
the Movie project to dedicated external hard disk.
• FireWire-port - Can be re-setted by - Turn off Mac and disconnecting Mac from Mains/Power for 20-30 minutes
External device’s (hard disk’s)
• Should be FireWire as USB/USB2 performs badly and so does Airport or Net-work connected ones too.
• MUST BE - Mac OS Extended formatted - UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange - DO NOT WORK for video due to 4Gb barrier.
Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
I go for a minimum of 25Gb free space for 4x3 SD Video - and my guess is 5 times more for 16x9 HD ones
after material is imported and edited. No Camera or A/D-box
• GarageBands fix - Close iMovie, Open GarageBand, Play some notes, Close GB and iMove can now be OK
• Does Your Mac have a FireWire Port
• White MacBooks - don't
• MacBook-Air - don't
if not then a few Mac’s has a PCM-CIA slot and there are FW-Cards that makes a FW-port this way
else - NO SOLUTION
Only option as I get it is either
• Use another Mac to Capture material (to an external USB2 - Mac OS Extended formatted hard disk - or -
• Change to another Camera that can be used with Your Mac (no there are no miniDV tape Cameras that can)
• If Your Mac-Book has a PCM-CIA Card place - then there are FW-port-Cards and then
You can import via this - but I've not seen this on more modern Macs. My PowerBook G4
has one and this FW-Card-port works greatly.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref. file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
• FileVault is off ? (hopefully)
• Screen Saver - OFF
• Energy Saver - OFF
Using WHAT versions ? .
• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
• QuickTime version ? (This is the heart in both iMovie and FinalCut)
• iMovie’08 (7.1.?), 09 or 11 ?
• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
Other ways to import Your miniDV tape
• Use another Camera. There where tape play-back stations from SONY
but they costed about 2-4 times a normal miniDV Camera.
• If Your Camera works on another Mac. Make an iMovie movie project here and move it
over to Your Mac via an external hard disk.
(HAS TO BE Mac OS Extended formatted - USB/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange WILL NOT DO)
(Should be a FireWire one - USB/USB2 performs badly)
from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
from Karsten.
in addition to Bengt's excellent '9 yards of advice' ..
camera set to 'Play' , not rec/computer/etc.?
camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About . . / More . .
under Firewire.. what do you read . . ?
More
• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
External USB hard disk = Bad Choice / FireWire = Good
If so it has to be Mac OS Extended formatted
----> UNIX/DOS/FAT32/Mac OS Exchange is NOT Working for VIDEO !
mbolander
Thanks for all your suggestions. What I learned is that I had a software problem. I had something called "Nikon Transfer" on my Mac that was recognizing my Canon camcorder as a still camera and was preventing iMovie from working properly. After un-installing Nikon Transfer and doing a reboot, everything worked great.
I never liked the Nikon Transfer software anyway--I guess I'll get a cheap card reader and use that to transfer photos in the future.
No Camera or bad import
• USB hard disk
• Network storage
• File Vault is on
jiggaman15dg wrote
if you have adobe cs3 or 4 and have the adobe bridge on close that
or no firewire will work
see if that helps
DJ1249 wrote
The problem was the external backup hard drive that is connected, you need to disconnect the external drive before the mac can see the video camera.
MaryBoog wrote
Maybe your problems is solved in the meantime, but for all others this might help as I had the same problem, also have the Sony HDR-HC7, but the 7e (Europe, PAL). I found this link today and it works perfectly
//support.sony-europe.com/tutorials/dime/videotransfer/vtransfer.aspx site=odw_en_GB&sec=DVH&m=HDR-HC7E
What I exactly did.- put camera in play mode - open guide - choose connection guide - choose comp./printer (where to transfer movie to) - select connection.- i-link (on my camera) but equal to firewire - OK - choose HDV - choose NO for conversion of i.link.
Settings are shown then (VCR HDV/DV.- HDV and i.link-conv..- OFF), press OK, OK, END.
Switch camera off. Connect firewire cable to camera & Mac. Switch camera on, in play/edit mode.
Open i-movie, choose import from camera. On screen below the camera connection is shown.- DV (HDV). Now you can import, automatically or manually.
This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
Yours Bengt W

Sony J30 SDI Deck, New Mac Pro FireWire 800, Arrgghhhhh!!!!

Anyone else had this problem and got around it?
We have a new MacPro that only has Firewire 800. We usually shoot DigiBeat and capture via a Sony J30 SDI deck using Firewire (before you say it, I know, but its fine for what we need).
We have tried a FireWire 6 pin to 9 pin cable but FCP refuses to recognize the deck. Have tried another cable in case it was that.
We used a standard Firewire 400 cable from the deck to a Ext HD, then a Firewire 800 out of the HD to the Mac. Surprisingly this worked, Once!
Can you get a FireWire 400 for the new Mac Pros?

+A Mac Pro (desktop) has Firewire 400 and 800. (edit) Sorry, I didn't realize Apple dropped this from the desktops as well.+
Yup, Firewire 800 only now on the Pro macs.
+Are you referring to a new MacBook Pro? If so, only the 17" model can accept a PCMCIA card.+
John's talking about a MacPro tower, not a laptop. FWIW The 17" MBP sports an ExpressCard/34 interface not PCMCIA which is much older and slower technology. PCMCIA wont work in an ExpressCard slot without an adapter
+I think I would obtain a Firewire 800 to 400 (direct) cable (Apple store) and not daisy chain between the computer and the deck. Most Firewire problems can be traced to daisy chaining.+
I think John's first post mentions that he's already tried this ... unfortunately unsuccessfully as that would have been the obvious option.

Capture from Betacam Deck to Mac Book Pro -- Capture Card?

Okay, mobile editors, now's your chance. I have a client that wants to be able to capture from a Betacam SP or SX deck directly into his Mac Book on location. Are there any 3rd party cards that have component/composite (a la a Kona card for a tower) that slots into a Mac Book Pro? or even a PCMCIA card for a Powerbook G4.
We realize the ioHD is coming out, as well as the AJA io which would work, but we are looking for something smaller that travels better.
My thanks for any insight.
dj

There aren't any capture cards that will serve that purpose.
The AJA IoLA will probably be your smallest bet, if you want to capture Uncompressed (which also raises the question, what drive will you be capturing your media to?). It's a pretty small unit. The Io is full rack width, but the IoLA and IoLD are half rack wide.
If you're capturing down to DV resolution, there are numerous capture devices that will convert any analog composite signal to DV resolution and send it to your computer via FW.
I'd personally use the AJA IoLA. Oh, and I do personally use the IoLA. Rock solid.

BEST METHOD OF DIGITIZING FROM DV DECK TO NEW MAC MINI

Hi and thanks for the help. I've got a brand new mac mini on the way and I've been using a JVC SRDVM600 player/recorder as my mini DV source machine to digitize to my old mini through its 4 pin IEEE 1394 firewire port. Now the new mini has firewire 800, Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 ports. For digitizing/capturing from the JVC is there any quality difference between the 3 ports since the source is the 4 pin DV firewire and I'll need adaptors to get the media into the mini no matter which port I use? This will be for editing with fcpx.

Exactly, the speed will be the same no matter what cables you use. The Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter was created for people who have Firewire devices that need to connect to a newer computer with Thunderbolt and no Firewire ports. Speed is always based on the slowest connection, even though Thunderbolt is rated at 10 Mbs, the fastest it can go is .8 Mbs dictated by the Firewire connection from the deck.
I have a MacBook Pro mid-2011 that has both Thunderbolt and Firewire 800 ports, so luckily I don't need the Thunderbolt adapter. I also have three external Firewire 800 drives that I always plug into the Firewire port. But, recently I bought a Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt adapter that will take any eSata drive. I removed my external drives from their Firewire enclosures so that I could plug them into the GoFlex adapter to get the Thunderbolt speed, or at least as fast as the eSata would allow, 6 Mbs.

HT2476 Can anyone recommend app/software to record from decks to mac?

I want to buy my husband the best app/software to record from his decks straight to our macbook pro for Christmas. Can anyone recommend what's best to buy and what leads I need to purchase???? Thanks

Then boot in Safe Mode, (holding Shift key down at bootup; takes longer to boot this way so be patient), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
Your forum is here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393
What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X) - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564
Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107394
Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5- Computer shuts down during Safe Boot - http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24054
If you don't have an installer disc available you can try effecting repairs using fsk in Single User Mode - http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214.
Post by japamac about using fsk - http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1649143
Repairing permissions in Single User Mode - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7117122
Backup - clone and TimeMachine both
Keep at least 30% free on your boot drive
Buy a larger drive
Avoid anything that says "CleanMyMac"

I would like to transfer old reel-to-reel tapes to an iMac. There are different recordings on the left and right channel of the tapes. When I connect the tape deck to the Mac, I get one recording on the left, the other on the right speaker. What to do?

I was about to transfer some music from a reel-to-reel machione to my Mac. There are different sound recordings on the left and right channels. When I connect with RCA cables and Y-connector, I hear one recording from the left speaker, another from the right side. How do I record only one side, but hear it from both speakers?
Detlef

You don't say what end, or connectors are plugged into what. I'm assuming the RCA connectors are on the reel-to-reel end. Since the tape has two different mono recordings, one on each track, you of course only want one at a time during playback. Otherwise, the Mac (or any recording setup) can only treat it as a stereo recording with the standard Left-Right tracks.
1) There are multiple ways to connect different types of cables to get a mono signal down to a stereo output at the Mac. Here's one way.
2) Plug any RCA cable (single cable or stereo) into only the right or left RCA output of the reel-to-reel.
3) On the other end of the RCA cable, plug in an adapter like this. That will feed the single RCA output into a mono 1/8" plug.
4) Then plug that adapter into this. That turns the 1/8" mono signal into a "stereo" output with the same single track audio being fed to the Mac on both the left and right channels.
5) Record either the left or right output of the reel-to-reel. Rewind the tape and switch the RCA connector on the reel-to-reel to the right channel (if you started with the left) and record that mono signal as stereo.
Or, avoid all of this hardware mumbo-jumbo in the first place and do this:
1) Record the audio just the way you have it. Two different recordings, one on each channel.
2) Copy the audio recording to a new name and open it in your editor.
3) Highlight the left track and copy/paste it into the right track. Presto! Mono recording of the left track on both channels. Save the recording.
4) Repeat, only copy/pasting the right track into the left track and save the second recording.

Help: wrong colors when playing a iDVD in a domestic deck (plays ok on MAC)

Hi there:
For some reason, after burning a DVD using the iDVD 5.0.1 software all I get is wrong colors when playing it in ANY DVD player. If I watch the very same disk on my G5 Mac, everything turns out ok!
Is it a codec problem?? It seems this problems sudenly began AFTER I installed the Final Cut Pro on my disk.
Any help on this would be highly apreciated, please!
Thanks in advance!
Rui.

What is your workflow?
Source material? DV I imagine? Something analog through a converter?
What are you editing with? FCP?
How did you output from your editing program? In other words, what did you bring into iDVD? Don't just say a QuickTime file... is it a DV QT file? Try sending this file back to tape and see what happens.
There is something funky in your workflow. I dont think it's an iDVD issue. As example, I edit in DV, NTSC. My preset in FCP is for DV, NTSC. I output from FCP as a DV QT reference file. I could send this same sequence back to tape. I am going to guess that somewhere/somehow, you are losing or masking the color channel. But this is getting a bit beyond my meager knowledge and just a guess at that. For the short term I would print your sequence back to tape. Assuming that the tape plays back correctly, import from the new tape and create a DVD using that sequence and see what happens.
Mike

Unable to Capture with MiniDV Deck - Strange Problem

Hello everyone,
I apologize if this is a repeat, but I couldn't find an answer among other discussions. I'll try to be as specific as possible..
The problem revolves around capturing a MiniDV tape. We are using a Sony GV-D1000 deck, which is connected via Firewire. Final Cut Pro recognizes the deck as a Device Control and Capture/Input setting.
We can control the deck, but we can't capture from it. The Log and Capture window reads "Preview Disabled". When attempting to capture, it pauses for a second and then says "The operation could not be completed as there is no video." This is very odd since the deck's display shows actively running video..
Our system is as follows:
8-core Mac Pro 2x3 GHz
10GB RAM
ATI RadeonX1900
BlackMagic DeckLink HD Extreme Card
w/a bunch of Lacie hard drives which I kept off during the troubleshooting..
Things I have tried:
- Restarting without Firewire devices running
- Trashing FCP prefs in the library folder
- Repairing Permissions in Disk Utility
I found an article here that was interesting...
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24110
It kinda implies that the other audio card (BlackMagic HD Extreme) might be the problem. But there is no way to disable this card... or is there?
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone. Thanks for all the troubleshooting. Getting close to identifying the problem.
I brought the deck home with me to try it out on my personal MacBook Pro system. Same problem. the tape would play back, you could control the deck, but it would not import.
David brought up the tape itself, which, logically, I hadn't even thought of. So I threw in a completely different tape and voila! No problems. Was able to control the deck, view the video on my Mac's display (finally!) and yes, capture video to disk.
Just to make sure the deck wasn't being screwy, I tested both the original tape and the other on my personal miniDV camera and yielded the same results. Except when playing back the original, video wouldn't even display on the camera's LCD screen..
In short:
There has to be something funky with this tape that they gave us. We will probably ship it to another post house and see if they can get it to work out on a different deck. When I return to the office, I will try the other tape just to confirm there's nothing wrong with our Mac Pro system there..
Thank you all for you troubleshooting wisdom. I owe you all one.

Capture willl not work with FCP 5.1.1 installed on Mac Pro 2.66.

I need some help, Please!
Hello, I have just installed my crossover copy of Final Cut Studio 5.1 in a new Mac Pro.
The only problem that I have encountered is with capture. After running for
several seconds capture stops and the spinning beach ball makes its entrance.
After several minutes of spinning the capture moves on for a few more
frames. Again the beach ball will spin for several more minutes. This continues until I click on
STOP at which point the spinning beach ball takes over the machine and will
not give me back control until I turn off my transport/deck. I have reinstalled
only FCP 5.1(not the other apps. from FCS) with no luck. I didn't uninstall the previous copy. No improvement.
All my settings are the same as recommended in Easy Set Up.
The tape and deck work fine on a similar machine with similar software.
I have also found a similar problem with the installed copy of iMovie.
This software was used on a G5 before moving it over to Mac Pro with out
problems. I am at a complete loss. I hope you can embarrass me with a
simple solution.
Thank you for your help.

avidvid, thank you for you advice. I did check the system profiler and the device is
recognized, but to no avail. In fact it is getting worse. When I initiate log and
capture I can hear the transport working. It is moving all the time even though
the capture window is now only showing the color bars. The "beach ball" is now
constantly whirling and will only stop when the "deck" is turned of at the source.
I am worried that I have messed up the reinstall. I am really not sure how much
"stuff" I must remove from the system, or whether to reinstall the entire suite.
Thanks again for your trouble.

Mac to DV Deck

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