FCP capture question at DVinfo.net

Colby Knight · April 9th, 2006, 05:12 PM

Ok, please bear with me.
I am going thru Diana Weynand's book on FCP. Here I am on chapter 9: capturing video.
Up to this point, I am about 94% great with everything. I understand NLE. I get the tools. I'm there.

But son, this capture stuff is throwing me for a loop!

Last night I captured some video... about 47 minutes worth. The problem is that it's just one giant clip. I know I could make sub-clips out of everything but that will be time consuming.

I had checked the box to make a new clip for every time card break but that didn't work. I was hoping it would do the same thing like what happened when I import in iMovie. But it didn't.

So there's my first question: How do I capture hours worth of tape and have it broken up into separate clips?

Second question: How do I go about setting in point and out points on a tape for FCP to capture specifically what I want? Say I want 'clip a' from 0:00:12 to 0:03:06 and then 'clip b' from '0:03:29 to 0:05:22.'

Any help would be greatly appreciated. In fact, I will remember you in my will!

Theodoros Chliapas · April 9th, 2006, 06:04 PM

Highlight the clip you want in your Browser and go to

Mark > DV Start/Stop Detect.

Colby Knight · April 10th, 2006, 12:34 PM

That was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks!

April 9th, 2006, 05:12 PM	#1
Colby Knight Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Posts: 111	FCP capture question Ok, please bear with me. I am going thru Diana Weynand's book on FCP. Here I am on chapter 9: capturing video. Up to this point, I am about 94% great with everything. I understand NLE. I get the tools. I'm there. But son, this capture stuff is throwing me for a loop! Last night I captured some video... about 47 minutes worth. The problem is that it's just one giant clip. I know I could make sub-clips out of everything but that will be time consuming. I had checked the box to make a new clip for every time card break but that didn't work. I was hoping it would do the same thing like what happened when I import in iMovie. But it didn't. So there's my first question: How do I capture hours worth of tape and have it broken up into separate clips? Second question: How do I go about setting in point and out points on a tape for FCP to capture specifically what I want? Say I want 'clip a' from 0:00:12 to 0:03:06 and then 'clip b' from '0:03:29 to 0:05:22.' Any help would be greatly appreciated. In fact, I will remember you in my will!

April 10th, 2006, 12:34 PM	#3
Colby Knight Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Huntsville, Alabama Posts: 111	Thanks! That was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks!

April 9th, 2006, 06:04 PM	#2
Theodoros Chliapas Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Greece Posts: 58	Highlight the clip you want in your Browser and go to Mark > DV Start/Stop Detect.