log and capture help

hi
when i use my final cut pro 4.5 hd and connect my sony handycam it some time wont show in the preview screen it starts off working but if i start and stop a lot or slow mo it it freezes but the controls still work through log and capture but just wont show current frame?
HELP

thanks

Are you capturing your clips one at a time?
It might be easier if you log your clips first, then do a batch capture.
That way you can just "set it and forget it"

As far as the controls 'freezing', it could be due to RAM issues. How much RAM do you have and what machine are you capturing the footage on?

g4 dual 533mhz digital audio with 768 ram
i capture one at a time because it is surfing skimboarding or skateboarding and a lot of the file is junk and stuff

Stang7tl said:

g4 dual 533mhz digital audio with 768 ram
i capture one at a time because it is surfing skimboarding or skateboarding and a lot of the file is junk and stuff

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That is even more of a reason to do a batch capture. You go through the whole tape once, logging clips, then one final step captures it.

And you would definitely benefit from more RAM. The dualie G4 is fine as it is. I have FCP 4.5 on my PowerBook (1.67 GHz) and I have 2GB of RAM. That might be overkill in your situation, but you might want to consider upping your RAM to at least 1GB if you plan on doing some more regular work with the app.

yea will i am selling this computer just using it till my g4 mirrored door dual 1.0 with 2gb of ram shows up
thanks and ill try that

help with capturing video in FCP

i have final cut pro 4.5 hd and i am using a sony dcr-hc21 and a jvc and sometimes when i go to capture video to the mac it just want work it will say no video it will start off ok but it just craps out sometime and wont even show video in the preview box. can anyone help me ?
thanls