Preview and capture at 1/4 speed

I AM IMPORTING VIDEO INTO IMOVIE HD AND OVER TOP THE CONTROLS IS SAYS WHEN PREVIEWING HD AT 1/4 SPEED AND WHEN I HIT IMPORT IT SAYS CAPTURING AT 1/4 SPEED. HOW CAN I CHANGE THIS TO PREVIEW AND CAPTURE AT NORMAL SPEED VERY FRUSTRATING,
I AM IMPORTING HD VIDEO 1080I HDV USING A CANON VIXIA HV30
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT
THANKS

Importing speed is related to your computer processor and what it can handle. Have a look at David Babsky's posts in this thread to see if this helps:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6611855&#6611855

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This is Discussions > iPod nano (First Generation) > Using your iPod nano.
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From Mac Help;
"To take a picture of the whole screen, press Command-Shift-3.
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Scanning in Mavericks? I can no longer use the scanning function in my HP Officejet 4500.
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Perturbing FCP 7 Log and Capture Question

I tried to digitize some HDV footage this afternoon, in theway I’ve always done it, but now suddenly it doesn’t work. Details to follow, but first my rig:
Mac Pro (Nehalem 2009) running Snow Leopard 10.6.8, NOFIREWIRE 400 PORTS
Final Cut Studio 2 with FCP 7
Sony Z1U HDV/SD videocamera connecting to Mac Pro via i.linkcable (aka firewire); I am using this to ingest because I can’t afford a deckat the moment. I know about thewear on the heads, etc., etc.
OWC Mercury Elite-Al Pro external media drive connected tocomputer via eSATA.
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To my horror, it says, “Unable to initialize capturedevice. Device is not connected orthe capture preset is not setup [sic] correctly.” Etc., etc.
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None of this makes a lick of difference, as far as I cantell.
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I trash my FCP preferences, start FCP again, redo myprefs. Nothing.
I hit the reset button on the Z1U. Nada.
I do all this and then reboot the computer. Bupkis.
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FIXED!
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Side Note*
Most of us spend hours on forums looking for answers/fixes to particular problems. Most replies I see are either in the vein of "I have that problem too" or " try this, it worked in this OTHER version or try this OTHER software" etc. If you dont have an answer/fix for the problem, dont post.
ON the flip side of that, when posting a problem you want an answer to, Give all the pertinent information in your initial question. " Premiere crashes when I plug up my camera" does NOT suffice! What version of Premiere, what camera, what OS, What kind of connection, etc.

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Hi DLThomas & welcome to discussions...
Have you taken a look at VueScan...best out there that I know of - seems to do everything scanning related well - tons of options without the compatibility grief.
http://www.hamrick.com/
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