Recapture HDV without pre-roll on every clip

I am trying to recapture HDV using Batch Capture. My problem is that on every clip on the tape, FCP does a 5 second pre-roll. So it captures a clip, then backs up 5 seonds and captures the next clip -- an on and on. It does actually capture the clips correctly, but it takes forever and puts a lot of extra ware on the camera.
I have been able to re-capture in the past without the pre-roll between each clip, but it has been a long time and I don't remember how I did it. Any suggestions?
I am using FCP 7.0.3 running on OS 10.7.4. My "deck" is a Canon HV30 HDV camera, capturing over firewire.
Thanks
Rick

First, if the OP uses capture now, he'll have to reedit all the clips into his sequence. Shouldn't be a big deal matching the timecode, BUT timecode will not match if there's a timecode break and he uses capture now without "create new clip on timecode break" enabled. There can also be problems using capture now. For frame accuracy and audio synch, you must have "create new clip on timecode break" and "abort capture on dropped frames" enabled. If there's a timecode jump, fcp will use preroll and create a new clip. If there's a break in control track (a space where there's no signal on the tape), without abort capture on dropped frames, audio synch issues will result.
And I'm not sure fcp can capture HDV material over timecode breaks cause of the nature of mpeg compression. Not sure, cause I don't work a great deal with HDV material.
I think the OP is overly worried about camera wear but in most cases you can reduce the preroll amount to 3 seconds without much problem which will save you some wear on the camera.

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