Audio syncing problems w/ non-controllable device

generally, if you have any sections without any signal, the audio synch will get screwed up for any subsequent sections after the "control track" break. So minimally, you'll need to stop and then restart the capture to avoid any of these sections.

If the audio is playing cleanly on the camera, but is unintelligable when you capture as you describe, you might want to just capture the audio only and then manually synch to the picture.

You could also try using iMovie for the capture. You get the same quality but iMovie is a lot more forgiving

If you go the iMovie route, you'll need to convert the DV files to Quicktime DV/NTSC (or DV/PAL) before bringing into FCP to edit. Quicktime Pro or Compressor can do the conversion for you.

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Not true. The files in the Media folder inside the iMovie project can be used as are.

You should not use files exported from iMovie.

iMovie uses a straight transfer of the muxed audio/video stream - the DV format.

This muxed version is a non-native format to FCP and requires rendering as you edit.

Converting to DV/NTSC (DV/PAL) Quicktime de-muxes the audio and video into separate streams. FCP is optimized to edit this Quicktime format without rendering.

Using DV is like trying to edit H.264 files. You can bring these non-native formats into FCP and the program will try to work with the material. However, they will cause problems. It is better to have the material in a FCP native format.

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Nonsens. You ctrl-click onto the iMovie project to display contents. In the Media folder you find the (DV/NTSC or DV/PAL) clips which will not need rendering. Only if you export from iMovie will you get files needing rendering.