fcp wont recognise the xlh1| any ideas?
 

I am still on 5.04 until the new fcp2 ships.

I did some filming in 50i and used the easy set up for hd50i the camera is in vcr mode and connected via firewire. The problem is when i try log and capture i am getting " Unable to initialsze capture device and device control"

Any ideas? I have tried various things, turning camera on before booting mac/fcp turned off other firewire devices but am still not having luck. Any ideas?

cheers

A.

Hi Andy,

Please don't cross-post the same question in different forums, it's against DVinfo policy. I've moved this to the Mac forum where it really belongs. You said you "used the easy set up for hd50i". The actual setup is called "HDV - 1080i50" - is that what you're using?

What other firewire devices do you have connected to your computer? Are you capturing to an internal or external drive? Try unplugging all other firewire devices except the camera if possible. If you're using an external drive on another firewire port for capturing, try daisy-chaining the camera through the drive instead of plugging it into a separate port. Also try a different firewire cable.

I'm not familiar with the Canon cameras, but confirm that you don't have it set to downconvert to SD if you're trying to capture HD.

Sorry Boyd for the double post, I posted in the canon forum but then realise i should post here, should of deleted my original post sorry.

I am capturing to an external firewire drive, but i cant see to get fcp to see the camera, its attached directly to the mac. And yes HDV-1080i50 is what I am trying to use.

Actually, this problem sounds vaguely familiar and has been discussed in the A1 section that I spend most of my time in.

this older post discusses issues with getting the camera to connect

pasted from it:
here is the thread link
http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.ph...capture+camera

Not sure if any of this will help but worth a look.

trish