I have a Canon DV camera and dozens of old tapes. Recently I've tried several of my recordings and all transfer to FCP without much trouble. I have two tapes that are a 1st generation dub from the master, which I do not possess. Watching these recordings on the camera's viewfinder, they seem to play fine. However, when I import either one into FCP 10.4.8 it is broken into extremely short pieces, which are too short to work with (several clips per second). I'd really like to digitize these, but I don't know how to get them into Final Cut. BTW I had the same problem when I tried iMovie.
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DV tape>FCP: import broken into extremely short clips
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Possible dodgy lead...?
I presume that it's the same lead used in both FCP and iMovie.
Can you try another lead?
See if you can borrow another dv camera and use the same tapes. Then if all OK, then it suggests the Canon is at fault. If not OK it suggests the tape, but given that all seems good on viewfinder, that seems unlikely....
Good luck
I presume that it's the same lead used in both FCP and iMovie.
Can you try another lead?
See if you can borrow another dv camera and use the same tapes. Then if all OK, then it suggests the Canon is at fault. If not OK it suggests the tape, but given that all seems good on viewfinder, that seems unlikely....
Good luck
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Yes. I had the same problem with iMovie and miniDV tapes. I think it was I upgraded to the current(v10) iMovie. I've since moved on to AVCHD, so no longer a problem, but it was annoying.
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The lead is the connector or cable that links between camera and computer
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