Problem Capturing
I am having a very perplexing issue.
I am using FCE 3.0. I am attempting to capture a 60 minute miniDV tape to a ROCSTOR external hard drive. The external HD is firewired into my iMac via the 600 firewire port.
My camcorder I am trying to capture from is a JVC GR-DV500U Mini-DV Camcorder. (The tape was recorded on a Panasonic Model AG-DVC30P camcorder.) The JVC camcorder is hooked into my iMAC via a 600 firewire port (from a 400 on the cam).
Here is what is happening. The capture window opens just fine and displays the color bars. If I press play from the capture window controllers, the tape begins rolling and displays in the capture window. However, if the tape is stopped, and I press NOW to begin capturing the tape, the capture window opens but the deck does not begin to play. The window says it is waiting for Timecode from the device.
If I start the deck playing with the Play control on the capturing window first, then hit NOW after the tape is rolling, it will begin the capture. However, after a few minutes the capture window will freeze and the tape will keep rolling. Here is the really weird part. If I go to check the quicktime file in the Capture folder to see what was captured, the file (after only a few minutes of capture) is over 100 gigs in size!!
I have tried several external hard drives and capturing to my internal drive, all with the same results.
Any ideas as to what is happening?
I am using FCE 3.0. I am attempting to capture a 60 minute miniDV tape to a ROCSTOR external hard drive. The external HD is firewired into my iMac via the 600 firewire port.
My camcorder I am trying to capture from is a JVC GR-DV500U Mini-DV Camcorder. (The tape was recorded on a Panasonic Model AG-DVC30P camcorder.) The JVC camcorder is hooked into my iMAC via a 600 firewire port (from a 400 on the cam).
Here is what is happening. The capture window opens just fine and displays the color bars. If I press play from the capture window controllers, the tape begins rolling and displays in the capture window. However, if the tape is stopped, and I press NOW to begin capturing the tape, the capture window opens but the deck does not begin to play. The window says it is waiting for Timecode from the device.
If I start the deck playing with the Play control on the capturing window first, then hit NOW after the tape is rolling, it will begin the capture. However, after a few minutes the capture window will freeze and the tape will keep rolling. Here is the really weird part. If I go to check the quicktime file in the Capture folder to see what was captured, the file (after only a few minutes of capture) is over 100 gigs in size!!
I have tried several external hard drives and capturing to my internal drive, all with the same results.
Any ideas as to what is happening?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.3), FCE 3.0
