HELP!??!
ok heres my problem - Im making a movie with my friends - its a low budget thing and all - and my computer no longer reconizes the firewire camera?! someone please help
this is my set up
IMAC DV+ 450 with 384 of ram
Sony Digital Handycam
and Final Cut Pro
i have tried shutting down and starting over, reinstalling final cut pro, changing firewire cables, trying diffrent controller setttings for the camera in final cut pro - and it still wont reconize the camera
the computer won't even reconize that anything is connected to the firewire ports (under the decice manager)
whats up with this???
it has worked fine for about a year and a half now and I have never had a problem
thanks for you help guys
this is my set up
IMAC DV+ 450 with 384 of ram
Sony Digital Handycam
and Final Cut Pro
i have tried shutting down and starting over, reinstalling final cut pro, changing firewire cables, trying diffrent controller setttings for the camera in final cut pro - and it still wont reconize the camera
the computer won't even reconize that anything is connected to the firewire ports (under the decice manager)
whats up with this???
it has worked fine for about a year and a half now and I have never had a problem
thanks for you help guys
Comments
If you're in 9, you can always do a reinstall of the system. that should fix any firewire extensions that have gone missing (etc). I'm not sure what you can do with X, i guess a reinstall couldn't hurt, i've never done a reinstall with X. I'm not sure if u will lose all of your accounts and files.
[ 06-27-2002: Message edited by: Cosmo ]</p>
Once i turned off the non-apple extensions it worked fine. Look for other firewire extensions being active in your extension manager if your having the problem in OS 9
I seem to recall reading recent complaints somewhere that the FireWire connector on iPods was prone to breaking. Seems like this could easily happen to a camera as well--particularly after a year-and-a-half of use.
And yes, I've heard that the solder connecting the iPod's FW port to the board is depressingly brittle and prone to breakage.