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

[Winton Vandepeer]

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:45 AM, H.S. <hs.samix at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark Syms wrote:
> >> 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
>
> Yes, perhaps that is where I am mixing this up. I haven't done this in a
> while. I recall that there was a problem with the way firewire was
> handled after a particular version of linux kernel. Also, since I have
> transferred images as well from the dv camera in the past using the USB
> cable, I might have mixed up the usb and firewire cables this time while
> trying to transfer the dv files.
>
> Anyway, I need to get hold of the laptop first so that I can have it for
> a while and be able to boot in to Linux. I will report back how it goes.
>
> Thanks.
>

Hi,
I have a Panasonic NV-GS500 video camera, am running 10.04. with camera
connected and set to playback via Firewire cable
dvgrab works fine.

squareyes at here:~$ sudo dvgrab
[sudo] password for squareyes:
Found AV/C device with GUID 0x0080458011771509
Waiting for DV...
Capture Started
"dvgrab-001.dv":   999.89 MiB  7281 frames timecode 00:04:54.12 date
2003.04.21 19:43:33
"dvgrab-002.dv":   999.89 MiB  7281 frames timecode 00:09:45.18 date
2003.04.21 19:51:27

It captures in blocks of 1 gig

Take Care
Winton

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