Unable to "Capture Now"

My friend shot some dv footage over the weekend that he wanted me to edit but for some reason I cannot capture it into my computer. He shot it with another camera, I'm sure it was just a consumer hand held one. I'm using my Sony HDR FX1 to capture it though. It plays fine in it, and Final Cut recognizes it, but when I click on capture now, it brings up a window that's black and says "waiting for timecode" and just sits there forever. What am I doing wrong?
Bones

Generally speaking, logging then using batch capture is a more efficient means of bringing in material. But to do that, you must have a machine capable of time code control. With 'non-controllable device' you are sort of screwed.
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Before we go any farther
• You should be using 'Firewire Basic' as the control protocol. If you aren't, go change it and try again.
• Also, verify that you have a solid installation of Quicktime. You may want to reinstall it using the 'delete receipts' method.
With some confidence that the software installation and camera settings are correct ... the most direct solution is to purchase another, non-Canon device to use as your capturing machine. The (now discontinued) Sony DSR-11 is highly recommended for DV work. A deck will save wear and tear on the camera's lightweight drive mechanism and will allow you to permanently connect a NTSC/PAL monitor for proper viewing. If you are working with HDV, you may have other issues ...
Beyond that, the path you take depends on the model of computer you own.
1. If you have a G5 tower or a MacPro, capture to a second internal drive with only the camera attached. If you need to move material to firewire drive, disconnect the camera. A second internal drive is quite inexpensive these days if you do not already have one.
2. If you have a G5 tower (PCI) MacPro (PCI), G4 powerbook (PCMCIA) or MacBookPro (Expresscard 43) with an available slot, purchase the appropriate firewire card for the slot. Connect your camera to the card and you should be good to go. The new card creates a unique bus and will avoid collisions with the external drives.
3. If you do not have a slot or a second internal drive and you are stuck with the camera, welcome to the camera/drive shuffle.
• shut down and remove the external hard drive(s) from the system
• connect the camera directly to the firewire port of the computer
• start the camera then the computer
• capture to your internal (system) hard drive
• shut down the camera and computer
• disconnect the camera and reconnect the external hard drive(s)
• start hard drive(s) and computer
• move captured files to external hard drive(s)
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If you output back to tape or wish to view your work on an external Video (NTSC or PAL) monitor, you need to set up the camera to use the firewire out as the A/DV converter or VTR - which means reversing the steps:
• copy the file back to the internal drive
• shut everything down
• disconnect the external drive(s)
• connect the camera to the firewire port (and the TV to the camera if needed)
• start the camera then the computer
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All in all, if you do not have the option for second bus (i.e. iMacs, eMacs, iBooks, MacBooks) you may want to think about a computer with expandable options next time.
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I have good news and bad news.
The good news is you should be able to capture just fine.
The bad news is you likely need to purchase PCMCIA firewire card for your powerbook.
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questions?
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Edited by: Vinod Kumar on Jul 28, 2011 5:48 PM

Hi Experts,
I have to trigger a mail whenever there is a change in fields that are captured in parameter t_ffbk.
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Thanks in advance.
Edited by: Vinod Kumar on Jul 28, 2011 5:48 PM

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