Re: No Video Preview unless Prefs trashed... anyone else?

Unfortunately, they are. you can either get a firewire a/b switch (aja used to have one recommended on their site, but I'm not sure if they still do) or you can get a FW PCI card. You are experiencing bus conflicts. Another way to do it without buying anything is to turn off whatever you aren't using and quit FCP in between. For example, with FCP quit, hook up your dv deck and turn off your io. open FCP, digitize dv. Quit FCP and turn off or unplug the firewire cable of your dv deck. Then turn on your io and launch FCP, choose an easy setup and away you go. If you need to go back to dv, quit FCP, turn off your io, plug in your dv deck and launch FCP. Rinse, repeat.


Jeremy