I often use alt+drag to move a timecode from the browser to the log/capture window, to find places on tape, etc.
However, this is on a old Mac with FCP3 which I use just for logging and capturing.
When preparing to upgrade it to FCP4, I have noticed that with FCP4 on a different Mac, this alt+drag trick doesn't seem to work anymore.
It's not the OS (same on both machines), or the tape deck (tried two different decks on both Macs).
Anybody with any comments/suggestions/workarounds? I would like to carry on alt+dragging timecodes in FCP4! TIA.
Research on a long and sticky thread on Apple's own FCP forum shows that this appears to be a manifestation of a "feature that Apple broke" in going from FCP3 to FCP4. Great! Thanks, Apple.
This alt+drag timecode to the log&capture window is so useful that I now have to keep FCP3 on an old Mac which I use just for logging/capturing/clip-realtime extraction.
Just to resurrect and old thread, that didn't trigger any ideas back in February.
This is still a problem, as it is stopping me from upgrading my capturing machine beyond FCP3. Any thoughts, anyone?