how to grab dv video from a camera to a lucid machine?

[Mark Syms]

> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 01:36:17 +0930
> From: Winton Vandepeer <squareyes at harboursat.com.au>
> Hi,
> don't you need to connect with a firewire cable for  ieee 1394  ?
> In your original post you said you connected via usb.

Yes, most (if not all) dv cameras need Firewire to grab dv, USB is usually
only capable of grabbing still shots from the camera. This may or course
have changed since last I looked at it but unless you have managed to pull
dv of the camera using USB in Windows then you have no chance under Lucid.

Mark.