Problems Capturing in fcp3

i have tried unsuccessfully to capture in fcp3 from a digital 8 camcorder (sony 510) using analog hi8 tape...
capturing is fine in iMovie...
i keep getting an error message looking for timecode and have tried capturing in all three modes unsuccessfully....also the timecode ticker in the upper right corner stays at 0000....
since i have determined it is not a hardware issue, what can i do to resolve??
thanks in advance

First, check that your Easy Setup / Timeline and Camera Settings are all exactly the same, then try to capture again.
FCP uses QT to capture - iMovie doesn't, so if the camera works in iMovie (or if it's listed in System Profiler) it means your Mac can see the VTR but FCP can't, so you need to do this QuickTime fix.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301852
Follow the instructions carefully and you'll have things running in no time.
Let us know how you get on!
Andy
G5 Quad. 8 GB. 250 & 500 GB Internal HDs. G-Tech G-Raid 1 TB. FCP 5.0.4 (Studio) Mac OS X (10.4.7) Sony HVR-Z1E.
You can't educate pork . . ..

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Message was edited by: Anthony M Kassir MD

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1. When capturing DV, FCE behaves as if there is a time code break (when there isn't one) at random points on the tape. This may occur anywhere on the tape, even at the very beginning.
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