No Timecode from Betacam deck

Hi,
I've hooked up a rented Betacam deck into a miniDV deck using an s-video cable. The miniDV deck is connected to the Mac via Firewire. I'm using the miniDV as a bypass to get the video from Betacam tapes directly into the FCP.
I can see the Betacam's video in FCP when I pull up the 'log and capture screen', but when I go to capture, FCP waits for timecodes and doesn't capture.
Can anyone assist in how I can capture from a Betacam deck?
Thank you very much!
Richard

Or get the Keyspan Serial Adapter (connects via USB) and and RS-422 cable and use that for Deck Control and TC capture. I routed a signal from a BetaSP deck thru my DSR-11, RCA connections deck to deck, firewire into my computer, Keyspan for serial control...and I was able to capture footage and TC.
But that was....3 years ago? Haven't had to since...I now have a capture card.
But it worked at the time.
Shane

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