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NOTE | Wow! Why Not Use Capture Now All the Time?

Well, you can.

Log and Capture is more precise, Capture Now is easier. However, you can't use Batch Capture with Capture Now. That means that you need to stay at your computer to capture every clip.

Also, there's a problem with Capture Now in current versions of Final Cut in that if you capture long sections (say longer than 15 minutes) of tape, there's a good chance audio and video will drift out of sync.

To prevent this, set an In at the beginning of the tape you want to capture and set an Out at the end. Then, capture it using either Batch Capture, if you have a lot of shots to capture, or Capture Clip, if you have only one shot. Even if you are capturing long passages, capturing using timecode keeps your clips in sync.

WARNING | Renaming Clips

Generally, if you are using Capture Now, you will probably want to rename the clips in the Browser after they've been captured to change the default names to something you'd rather use.

Be careful here. Renaming a clip in the Browser does not rename the media file on your hard disk. This means that even though you name the clip, "WS My House," in the Browser, the media file on your hard disk retains its original name, which might be something like, "Untitled 23."

This is another reason I like Log and Capture versus Capture Now.

NOTE | DV Start/Stop Detection Is a Great Benefit

One of the great benefits to shooting DV footage is using Start/Stop Detection. When you shoot DV footage, every time you press the Record button, an indicator gets recorded invisibly on the tape, saying that the Record button was pressed here.

Once you capture a clip, you can use Final Cut's DV Start/Stop Detect to locate those record points.

Select the clip you want to mark for record points. Choose Mark > DV Start/Stop Detect.

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