1. | What should you do if you get a message saying your scratch disk is missing? |
2. | What causes audio or video to be missing from your output device? |
3. | What's the proper way to dismount a FireWire drive so that you avoid disk errors? |
4. | Is Insert editing possible when using FireWire for device control? |
5. | What causes 'Unable to Lock Deck Servo' messages? |
6. | If you get garbled video or no video output at all with a DVCPRO HD 1200A deck, what's likely to be the cause? |
7. | How do you avoid interruptions to the capture process with DVCPRO HD? |
8. | If you're capturing 24P clips and FCP can't find pulldown information, what's the likely cause? |
1. | Try remounting or resetting the scratch disk. |
2. | Missing video or audio is usually caused by a settings mix-up or an incorrectly connected device. |
3. | FireWire drives, like all volumes, must be dismounted by dragging to the Trash before disconnecting. |
4. | No. |
5. | These messages could be caused by a Device Control issue or your logging. |
6. | The DVCPRO HD 1200A deck is particular about its menu settings; make sure you haven't missed any. |
7. | DVCPRO HD requires significant throughput and storage; in particular, the 1200A FireWire HD deck needs plenty of throughput overhead and unrestricted access to the FireWire bus of the Macintosh. |
8. | You're using a deck or camera that can't read non-drop frame timecode. |