Problem capturing video

I recently contacted Canopus, who manufactures my video capture device (ADVC-100), but they said I have a software issue.
Here is the issue I'm having, if anyone can help:
Every time I attempt to capture video the image (which shows the footage it is capturing) freezes after a few minutes or even sometimes after 30 seconds or so.
I then escape the capture to find that the footage has now eaten up the 40 gigs of my hard drive (leaving only 1.95 left each time), which is not possible considering it's only, at most, a few minutes of video. My computer slows down immensely after this and I have to force quit Final Cut (which takes a very long time) and delete this 40 gig video file from my captured footage folder (which also takes a very long time, I guess because there's so little space left on the
computer and this is a very large file). The file is unreadable; it's supposed to be a video file but I can't actually play it back.
This happens the same way every time:attempt to capture, image freezes after a few minutes or so, have to force quit, then I find an unreadable 40 GIG file in my capture folder.
It did not used to do this. I cannot think of anything I am doing differently now that would have caused this to happen. I definitely have not changed any settings. Maybe an update to FCP caused this??
It used to do this intermittently, say if I converted 20 separate times, it might do it once or twice. Now it does it every time, and at shorter intervals (after a few minutes, whereas before, it used to be maybe after thirty minutes or so).
I recently added an external hard drive to my computer, but I do not write to it. I write directly to my main internal drive. Still, I disconnected the external one and it produced the same results in the same manner.
I've tried simple measures, like restarting the drive, the ADVC-100, etc...but it consistently produces the same problems.
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Sean

Your problem is most likely because you are capturing to your main drive. This is a definite no-no. Capture to the external drive - providing that it is has a firewire port and not a USB port.
How are you capturing? Capture now? That's my guess since you said that 40gigs of space are taken up on the crash. It is pretty standard for FCP on a Capture Now to reserve some space for itself. And it is quite correct that if it crashes, the file will not be usable because FCP was unable to close the file.
Capture to an external firewire drive. I'll be your problem goes away.

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now I am not getting previous errors.
But now I am getting null pointer exception on clicking the Start button.
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Welcome to the forum.
I'm not familiar with your hardware, but does it also allow for composite signal out? If so, you can use an A-B bridge (like the Canopus/Grass Valley ADVC-110), or an A-D capture card, like the Turtle Beach Video Advantage. Just feed the composite signal to the capture device and record it via the software included. With the Canopus, you can use about any capture software. You will not have device control, but with the mouse in one hand, and the device's remote in the other, it's two quick clicks and at the worst, you have a few black frames to cut out.
Now, I Googled your DVD Maker, and it looks like it's just a composite/S-Video to USB 2.0 cable. Is this correct? If so, you'll need to find software that can either capture from it, or if it does both the conversion (I'd choose the MPEG-2) and then the transfer to the HDD, do that and then Import the resultant files. One reviewer seems to indicate that they used CyberLink's PowerProducer, which ships with the device. I'd use it, and then edit the MPEG-2 (not the best format for editing) in PrPro. Note: if PowerProducer can capture as DV-AVI Type II, choose that and set Audio to 48KHz 16-bit. That will edit fine.
Otherwise, I'd skip it and go back above (that's why I left it in there).
Good luck,
Hunt

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