How do you set up FPC to capture using the Sheer Video codecs?

Hi Everyone,

And sorry about the double post earlier today. I must have reposted to this forum just before I went to sleep and when I woke up didn't remember it.

Anyhow, I am taking the advice of many here and have downloaded the "SheerVideo™ Pro v2.6.7. for Mac UB" free tryout and wanted to play around with it to see if I could capture on FCP and open and use the file in Premier on a Windoz machine. The problem is that the manual on the Sheer website is kind of vague on how to implement it's use in Final Cut.

I downloaded and installed the program, restarted my computer but when I go to my "audio and video settings" and then select the "capture presets" tab I can't find "sheer video" in the selections. When I open the sequence settings I can set the "compressor" under "quicktime video settings" to "sheer" but that doesn't effect my capture settings, just the sequence.

So, can anyone shed some light on setting up your FCP system to capture using the sheer codec? Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the installation?

FYI, I am running FCP Studio 2, OSX 10.5.3, and have a Aja Video Kona LHe card installed if that makes any difference.

Thanks again for any advice!

Michael Escher
Rancho Calamari Productions
www.ranchocalamari.com
L.A., CA USA