Final Cut Express Help

[Don Won]

Hey guys,

Sorry if this has already been covered somewhere, but I'm kind of a forum noob.

That being said, I'm having some trouble with Final Cut Express and I was wondering if you good folks could help me out.

You see, I'm trying to capture video from my telivision directly into my ibook, through a Dazzle unit. Everytime I use the "Capture Now" option, it captures about 5 seconds of video before it just quits, and it gives me a timecode error. I was wondering if anyone knew how to fix it. If you do, please respond. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Don Won

 

[snickelfritz]

You're streaming the TV signal into FCE?
Do you have FCE 1 or FCE 2?
FCE 2 can capture across timecode breaks; FCE 1 cannot.
You could try using iMovie to capture the footage(timecodes do not seem to be relevant with iMovie), save it as a Quicktime movie, then import it into FCE.

 

[Don Won]

Hey thanks for the help.

I recently purchased Final Cut Pro 3. *CHA-CHING*

So no worries. Also, by asking around, I found a way around my time code problems.

Once again, thank you.