Major Capture Issue

Hello there. I'm relatively new to Final Cut, and I'm having a bit of a problem capturing footage from a tape.
I mark my in and out points, and tell FC to capture the clip. It does so, telling me it is capturing "item 1 of 1." Then it goes black for a minute, says "locating timecode break" and then starts to capture the rest of my tape, saying "item 2 of 2." If I abort then I lose everything. If I let it run I believe it says "locating timecode break" again, then tells me the operation was aborted by the user.
***? Does this make sense? Have any of you dealt with this?
I'm actually at a post house with some good (and complicated) equipment. I don't know if I could really explain my work flow. Hopefully that's not necessary.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I have captured several other clips just fine without the problem today.
Thanks for your help folks!
Message was edited by: lobf

Let's have real information.
Please give your full system specifications, what computer, what drives, what camera or deck, how everything's connected, what settings are on the media, what settings you're using in Final Cut, and finally what version of the software, of the OS, and of QuickTime you are using.
Are there timecode breaks on the tape?

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