I think there's just something wrong with your FCE setup. You really should be able to capture without dropping frames. sb On 1/7/04 1:21 PM, "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: >> I have to agree with Zane on this. I have a TRV27 which is the TRV25 >> with a larger LCD and it has worked fine in iMovie. I would expect that >> FCE and iMovie would have the same camcorder support. I you sure it is >> not a problem with the camera. I had the firewire port on the camera go >> bad at four months, just after the three month warrantee was over. >> >> Eric > > I've been unable to get a decent capture with FCE between dropping frames (on > a G5 2x2) and timecode breaks. I finally gave up trying, and capture the > video on a WinXP system using Scenalyzer (dropping Zero frames, and having no > problems), and copy it to the Mac. > > Zane >