Final Cut Express

Sean Lee · June 5th, 2009, 03:51 PM

I recently purchased Final Cut Express.
With HDV tape, there's no problem with connection and capturing.
But when I put in miniDV and click "capture", it says "unable to initialize HDV deck. Please make sure a deck is connected and try again."

What do I have to do?

Robert Lane · June 5th, 2009, 07:48 PM

You have to change your capture settings and tell it to look for a "DV" deck and timecode, otherwise it's looking for and HDV source which isn't the same format.

June 5th, 2009, 03:51 PM	#1
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June 5th, 2009, 07:48 PM	#2
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,823 Images: 15	You have to change your capture settings and tell it to look for a "DV" deck and timecode, otherwise it's looking for and HDV source which isn't the same format.