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firewire not working right

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Your Mac's Specs
dual g4 1ghz
or is it?
before i get into it ill tell you what i got:
dual g4 MDD
and a vx2000 hooked up through firewire
and i use that hooked up to a tv for preview
its always worked fine
but today i went to use it..
and nothing
in FCP and after effects its not recognized for preview
and when i try to capture something in FCP
there isnt anything, i can control my camera from the computer
but i see no video on the computer
i checked in the system profiler and it recognized my camera
and shows that its connected through firewire

anyone have any idea whats going on?
ive had this computer for a year or so, got it used
and this is the first problem ive had with it
and i do video stuff frequently

any help is appreciated
thanks
 
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Even if you are not capturing or recording, you need to have a tape in your DV camcorder to have video output. Dosen't make a lot of sense, I know - it took me a while to figure it out.

--It needs to have a tape in it to be seen by FCP
 

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