Unable to initialize capture device

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Sunnys-mommy Author

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Unable to initialize capture device

Using an old Sony HD camera, tape based 2009. Un

iMac

Posted on Jul 27, 2015 3:32 PM

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Meg The Dog

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Jul 27, 2015 5:33 PM in response to Sunnys-mommy

What model?

DV or HDV?

Do you have the proper firewire cable?

Is the camera on and in the VTR mode?

If it is HDV, check the internal camera menus on the camera to make sure that the camera is not downconverting the HDV to DV - many cameras default to this - at the iLink (firewire) port. If it is, it will present itself to the computer as a DV source, and if you have used the Easy Setup for HDV, FCP will not see it.

MtD

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Sunnys-mommy Author

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Jul 29, 2015 11:47 AM in response to Meg The Dog

JUst to let you know I was fooling around with the camera, remembered about the downcoverting from HDV to DV. I double checked it and it was as you said. The camera had defaulted to the DV. I managed to fix it and it's working great now.

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