Log & Capture issues (FCS)

Dave Pecunies · January 24th, 2008, 01:18 PM

No luck running the camera's FW through the drive. It worked for 5 minutes and then gave me an error message.

Gardy Raymond · January 29th, 2008, 12:17 PM

chris,
i'm trying the camera>fw drive>computer configuration right now, and i've successfully captured 31 of 33 clips. the two errors were what has happened before: missing the in point and FFing to the end of the tape. however, changing the in-point on the troublesome clip solved the issues, and it's doing fine. 2 out of 33 is WAY better than every single clip multiple times.
Also, i ran a DV cleaning tape through there for about 10 seconds before i started recording.
don't know if the cleaning tape, the wacky configuration, or plain old luck as to why it's working a lot better. so, let me try the same thing with some other tapes and see what happens....fingers crossed

-gardy

Dave Pecunies · February 1st, 2008, 04:22 PM

Disconnected all FW going into my G5. Set all the footage to go to an internal drive and was able to capture 55 minutes of unbroken footage. I then transferred the footage to an external drive. Kind of a PITA work-around but my goal of capturing without breaks has been met. I wish Canon or Apple would do something about this.

Gardy Raymond · February 4th, 2008, 11:23 AM

hey again,
so after a few more days shooting and capturing, i'm still going strong with the cam>fw drive>computer config. don't know why it works, but gosh darn it, it's working. out of the past 4 tapes, only 2 instances of it missing the timecode in-point, and that got fixed by changing my in-point to a second earlier on those clips.

so, as of now, this is the way i'm gonna run it. thanks for your "crazy" suggestion chris - it's solving me lots of hair pulling.

-gardy

Brian David Melnyk · September 25th, 2008, 01:16 AM

reviving thread! have researched to no avail and Burundi internet is: click mouse, wait 2 minutes for page. very painful!
any definitive resolution besides capturing to internal drive thru another FW device and then copying to external???
XH-A1 hdv, FCPS 2, 6.0.1, OS 10.5.3, lacie 1 TB via FW 800, camera >mBox pro>FW400> computer>capture now= CAPTURE BREAKS!!!!!

January 24th, 2008, 01:18 PM	#16
Dave Pecunies Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albany Township, ME Posts: 95	Rats No luck running the camera's FW through the drive. It worked for 5 minutes and then gave me an error message.

January 29th, 2008, 12:17 PM	#17
Gardy Raymond New Boot Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vernon, NJ Posts: 9	chris, i'm trying the camera>fw drive>computer configuration right now, and i've successfully captured 31 of 33 clips. the two errors were what has happened before: missing the in point and FFing to the end of the tape. however, changing the in-point on the troublesome clip solved the issues, and it's doing fine. 2 out of 33 is WAY better than every single clip multiple times. Also, i ran a DV cleaning tape through there for about 10 seconds before i started recording. don't know if the cleaning tape, the wacky configuration, or plain old luck as to why it's working a lot better. so, let me try the same thing with some other tapes and see what happens....fingers crossed -gardy

February 1st, 2008, 04:22 PM	#18
Dave Pecunies Regular Crew Join Date: May 2005 Location: Albany Township, ME Posts: 95	Disconnected all FW going into my G5. Set all the footage to go to an internal drive and was able to capture 55 minutes of unbroken footage. I then transferred the footage to an external drive. Kind of a PITA work-around but my goal of capturing without breaks has been met. I wish Canon or Apple would do something about this.

February 4th, 2008, 11:23 AM	#19
Gardy Raymond New Boot Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vernon, NJ Posts: 9	hey again, so after a few more days shooting and capturing, i'm still going strong with the cam>fw drive>computer config. don't know why it works, but gosh darn it, it's working. out of the past 4 tapes, only 2 instances of it missing the timecode in-point, and that got fixed by changing my in-point to a second earlier on those clips. so, as of now, this is the way i'm gonna run it. thanks for your "crazy" suggestion chris - it's solving me lots of hair pulling. -gardy

September 25th, 2008, 01:16 AM	#20
Brian David Melnyk Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Winnipeg Canada Posts: 532	reviving thread! have researched to no avail and Burundi internet is: click mouse, wait 2 minutes for page. very painful! any definitive resolution besides capturing to internal drive thru another FW device and then copying to external??? XH-A1 hdv, FCPS 2, 6.0.1, OS 10.5.3, lacie 1 TB via FW 800, camera >mBox pro>FW400> computer>capture now= CAPTURE BREAKS!!!!!