VF0770 - Time lapse issue

Hi,
can someone help me figure out my issue with time lapse recording in Creative Live! Central 3?
I have no problem to capture normal video, but time lapse capturing is not working as expected. Doesnt matter what period of time I choose to capture. It always create only a small wmv file in destination folder. The lenght of video is around 1-2s only even if I select 30min or 1hour.
Thanks for any recommendation.
Jan

•JPEG is a highly compressed image format.
•DV PAL is a highly compressed video format -never more than 720x576 pixels. Your images are being renderd to this Timeline setting.
•When you view the Canvas in Final Cut pro, it always shows you a low res proxy image to better enable real-time playback.
Solutions:
Use TIFF or PNG images if you have them.
Render the Timeline.
Choose a higher res codec in FCP such as DVCPro or ProRes if your computer and FCP version support it.
View the output of Final Cut pro on a calibrated, broadcast quality monitor to see how things really look. An excellent quality consumer TV will go some way to giving you a idea of the quality if a broadcast monitor is not within your budget.

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Dave LaRonde wrote:
A lot of planning went into those shots.
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