Will FCPX "direct capture" w/o simultaneous recording on tape?

FCPX allows direct capture/import from my Firewire-connected Canon HDV camera only when I am simultaneously recording to a tape installed in the camera. iMovie allows direct capture WITHOUT simultaneous recording on tape. Is there any way for FCPX to capture video truly DIRECTLY, i.e., without simultaneous recording on tape? ... Thanks!

FCP had separate device control options, which are not available in the current version. The application does very little for tape based formats. There are other tools that can capture from tape or from live ingest, AJA and Black Magic have their own. You might try the QT player.

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I hooked my Sony VX2000 to the computer via firewire and opened the Log and Capture dialog box. The video from my camera shows correctly in the preview window.
I click the Capture Now button and the capture window opens but no video displayed. The message below the window says "Waiting for Timecode".
I guess the camera doesn't send timecode when it's not recording so I press the record button. Now video shows up in the capture window. After 16 frames it freezes and an error box pops up that says "Capture Now has reached the end of the tape. All existing footage between the point where you started the capture and the end of the tape was captured successfully."
Foiled again! This has been a problem from time to time when I want to capture video from a source that does not supply timecode.
Is there any settings I can change to capture video directly from a camera using FCP without having to record it to tape in one step and then capture it in a second step?
Thanks,
Rob:-]
FCP 5.1.2 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Dual 1.8GHz Power PC G5, 3GB ram

I thought I had tried that. Thanks, that was the answer.
I am aware of the danger of not having tape backup. Having worked with the new Panasonic AG-HVX200 it is a chore to free up the P2 cards fast enough to keep from starving the camera crew. Copying the P2 contents to a single hard drive is the practice but leaves the whole shoot at the mercy of a single point of failure.
As far as my capturing directly to HD, it isn't a problem for short podcasts that could be recreated quickly if lost. Also, I can still record to tape in the camera but avoid the second step of capture when I'm in my edit bay anyway.
Peace,
Rob:-]

Is it possible to do the audio capture and playback simultaneously?

In short :
Is it possible to do the audio capture and playback simultaneously? . If it is not supported directly by Sun, pl suggest another way to achieve the same.
In detail:
I am doing a voice chat application by using the streaming through UDP . I am able to play the byte stream. But , is it possible to capture sound simultaneously (while playing the audio) to send to the other end?
Edited by: dhillarun on Jan 4, 2008 7:11 AM

If you're Airplaying from you computer, you might be able to do this. Here's what I would try:
Go to the Airplay icon in iTunes. You should see both your Apple TV and your speakers listed as options. Select "Multiple speakers." You'll see both devices together. Turn the volume all the way down on the Apple TV. You should be getting the video on the TV, but only hear audio through the speakers.
Using the "Multiple Speakers" option will sync the output of your devices so that the sound matches the picture.
I haven't tried this myself, but I'm thinking this would work. However, this approach will only work when using Airplay from your computer – not from am iPad or iPhone – as they don’t have the "Multiple Speakers" option (as far as I know). It also won't work with content streamed directly to your ATV, obviously, because there's no way to stream from ATV to other devices.
Let me know if this works.

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I own and run a harmonica instruction website. I'm going to add instructional video to the mostly text based lessons on the site. I have a Canon GL1, G5 Dual 2.3, FCP, and I'm shooting with an 3 point lighting setup in my office/studio.
I can turn the camera on, setup the lights, and record direct to QuickTime Pro in it's Device Native mode. Will the quality ultimately be the same as if I record to a DV tape and then capture to FCP? It's certainly faster going direct to QT PRO, but I do have a built-in tape backup system by recording first with the GL1 and I don't want to sacrifice quality if that's the case.
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http://www.harmonicalessons.com

I have an XL1s and have been forced to use the direct capture via QTpro (due to a broken tape mechanism) and I must say, it works great. It captures as DV - same quality as going to tape; however once it is done recording, you must export as a dv stream in order to get the file to be recognized by FCP. I have yet to see any difference between this method and capturing to tape, but then again, I have no choice. If you have the extra hard disk space to spare, I recommend avoiding tape, but it's up to you.
By the way, does anyone know why FCP doesn't recognize the raw capture files? It uses the DV codec to capture in QT, so why does it not work?

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"The DVD plays on the device on which it was recorded."
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When i open the capture window, i can watch the tape and control the camera. When i press "record" it starts recording, but the remaining disk space -meter does not decrease, but the minutes recorded -meter is counting. When i stop the recording process, nothing happens. If i browse the harddrive, i find the video files, but they only use 140-150kb, and is of corse useless. I tried to record using another program (DVapp) and this works.
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There was a recent thread, where all of the Captured files were listed as 0KB. Do not recall if it was in this sub-forum, or not. If I can find that, I'll get you a link. Do not recall if there was resolution, or not. Might be similar enough to provide some help, or maybe moot.
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Will FCPX work on my macbook pro? Will it be really slow?

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Hi there,
I think I am in deep problem now. My hard disk is a Raid system. 4x3TB = total 12TB but 3 TB is for backup. So in effect usage space is 9TB. But now used up 7TB (called it original harddisk)
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Thanks Russ, I think dare not take the risk of using DiskWarrior as i read someone said that it may alter some of the files ?
Below is the description of my RAID hard disk:
My RAID hard disk is only used as external hard disk. I used it to store all my media files and video files. So all my library and events are in this external harddisk
I notice the following behaviour with files located in this external raid hard disk. The files can be read. It cannot be modified. The files cannot be copied into this same hard disk. It also cannot be deleted. I cannot amend the files (e.g. in Word). But I can view the video i created in FCPX.
But I can copy the files in this Raid hard disk to my Macintosh HD. And this file which I copied into the Macintosh HD, it can be modified, amended and behave as normal.
So, I am quite confident that once I coped this raid hard disk to another new hard disk, all the files should behave normally.
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