This article describes known issues you may encounter when using Targa 1000/Pro and 2000/Pro video capture cards with Final Cut Pro.

Known Issues

1. Removing Targa cards from Final Cut Pro systems and switching to DV for capture

When physically removing any Targa capture card, be sure to also remove the Targa Control Panel. Failure to remove the control panel can make it so you cannot adjust video settings for DV devices.

2. Viewing External Video using the Targa series cards.

For best performance with a Targa series card, the "View External Video Using" pop-up menu in the "General" tab of the Preferences window should be set to Rendered Frames, not "Targa." Failure to do so may lead to dropped frames.

3. Installing a Targa 2000 non-pro card after installing Final Cut Pro.

If, after installing a Targa 2000 non-pro card, no video appears in the capture preferences tab, do the following:

a) Go the Settings Folder in the Final Cut Pro Application Folder
b) Delete the file named "Capture Settings."
c) Go to the Final Cut Pro Data folder in the preferences
d) Delete the "Preferences" file.
e) Restart the computer

You can now go the Capture Preferences and adjust them to suit your needs.

4. Using a Pinnacle Targa series card with an Apple 17-inch Studio Display.

When you use a Pinnacle Targa series card with an Apple 17-inch Studio Display, the display is all green. For the monitor to display correctly, you must use the small black adapter cable that comes with the Pinnacle video card.
a) Turn off your computer and the monitor.
b) Connect one end of the adapter cable to the video card port on the computer
c) Connect the other end to the monitor cable.
d) Turn on your computer and monitor.

Colors should now display properly.

5. Monitor resolution changing outside of user control when using some Targa cards

If your monitor is connected to a Targa card, the monitor's resolution may change after you restart your computer and the image on the monitor may be scrambled. To view images correctly, connect a VGA-to-Mac converter, supplied with the card, to the card's port on your computer. Then connect a standard 15-pin VGA adapter (also called a VGA-to-Macintosh adapter) to the converter. Connect the monitor cable to the VGA adapter, then restart your computer.

6. You must set sound input and output when using a TARGA card

To hear audio from a TARGA card, use the Sound control panel to set the Sound In and Out to Targa. If the Sound control panel is not in the Control Panels folder within your System Folder, locate it in the Apple Extras folder on your hard disk and set the Sound In and Out to Targa.

7. Truevision Targa audio issue: Audio Channel 2 (A2) inadvertantly recording onto Audio Channel 1 (A1)

When using Truevision hardware, if you capture audio from A2, you will get A1 from the deck. To work around this issue, capture A1+A2, then use the target track controls when editing the clip into a sequence to use only CH2.

8. Setting resolutions when using PAL with a Targa card

If you are using PAL with a Targa card installed, you need to confirm the resolution setting is correct after you install the Targa driver software. To do this:
a) Choose Preferences from the Edit menu
b) Click the Capture tab
c) Click Video under QuickTime Settings
d) Choose Compression from the pop-up menu.
e) Click Options
f) Select PAL (720 x 576)

9. Capture fails while using a Pinnacle Targa series card

If you're using a Pinnacle Targa series card, capturing clips can fail if the card does not have a good, steady signal during the capture process.

10. Playing non-Targa clips when using the Targa board for display may result in poor playback

Clips compressed with non-Targa codecs may perform poorly during playback when using the Targa 2000 as the video card.

11. Targa 1000 and 2000 incompatability with Medea hard drive arrays

The Targa 1000 and 2000 (both normal and pro versions) are incompatible with hard drive arrays from Medea. Targa DTX and SDX cards do not have this issue and work properly with Medea arrays.