Capturing Digital Footage.

I set up a scratch disc on the computer that I use to capture and edit, to do this I had to create a folder and give it a distinctive name which then each time I opened Final Cut Express I had to select this file so that any work that I do on the sequences are all saved to one storage place this means that no work gets lost or tampered with. To capture footage from my tape to Final Cut Express I had to open Final Cut Express and then go to file then capture with the camera being plugged in set the camera to play/ edit mode which from there the footage is captured. Problems that occurred was with plugging the camera in whilst Final Cut Express was open which it is meant to be done while it is closed but this could make this easier is for me to remember to have Final Cut Express closed first.