Final Cut Express: DV Converter Easy Setup and Print To Video Incompatibilities

If you use a DV converter in Final Cut Express and choose either DV-NTSC DV Converter or DV-PAL DV Converter in the Easy Setup dialog to configure it, Final Cut Express may stop responding (hang) whenever you choose "Print to Video" (the "Print to Video" dialog never appears).

To use Print to Video with a DV Converter, follow these steps as a workaround:

1. From the Final Cut Express menu, choose Easy Setup.
2. From the Setup For pop-up menu, choose either DV-NTSC or DV-PAL.
3. Click Setup.
4. From the File menu, choose Print to Video
5. Deselect the "Automatically Start Recording" checkbox. If you don't, the following error will appear:
   "Unable to perform edit operation. The tape appears to be write protected."

   

    

   When capturing additional video, you must reselect your DV-NTSC DV Converter or DV-PAL DV Converter in the Easy Setup menu or else the capture will fail and the following error will appear:

   "Waiting for Timecode Device. Must be in VTR mode when Device Control is enabled"

   If this occurs, press the Escape (Esc) key to stop the capture, change the Easy Setup back to DV-NTSC DV Converter or DV-PAL DV Converter, and begin the capture again.