Hey, I am trying to capture some live stuff with final cut. i have my camera on and its recognized, but i cannot capture. it sits on waiting for timecode and there is obviosly no timecode since i just want to cpture live. i even tried final cut express, same, and imovie doesnt even do it.

Any ideas?

you've got to set it to a non controlable device. it's on one of the sections of the capture window. also set the max capture limit in the prefs, default is 30 mins if i remember correctly.