Because, I don't have a graphics card. I looked at NVIDIA cards but have neither the DC power nor the PCI-Express bus to support them.
On 2008-11-21 19:21, E Chalaron wrote: > John > > Why don't you simply hook a TV on your graphic card and set your X > settings to twinview? > I know it is not answering directly your question, but I would not even > bother using a camcorder for that. > Cheers > E > http://vimeo.com/super8mm > > > > john detwiler wrote: > > Is there any experience with "real time" output from Cinelerra via > > raw1394? > > > > I'd like to use my camcorder as an interface device, to view Cinelerra's > > "compositor" output on an NTSC television display. That is, instead of > > rendering from Cinelerra to foo.dv, and then exporting foo.dv thru, say, > > Kino to my camcorder, I would like to use the camcorder/television chain > > as a second 'head' for my workstation. > > > > What does work, in my hands: > > 1. I use the ATrtms hack for raw1394. > > 2. Kino can capture from my camcorder, and can export back to the > > camcorder, both via /dev/raw1394 ('for free', without changing any > > settings). > > 3. The camcorder can accept DV input over FireWire and display it on my > > TV via S-video. > > > > What I tried with Cinelerra: > > 1. Opened 'Settings > Preferences > Playback' and set the Video Driver > > to RAW 1394 and the Device Path to /dev/raw1394 > > 2. Pasted a video asset to the timeline and attempted to play it through > > the Compositor window. > > 3. Upon clicking the Play button, Cinelerra crashed with the following > > console output: > > > > ===begin dump=== > > Device1394Output::open VIDEO1394_TALK_CHANNEL:: Invalid argument > > signal_entry: got SIGSEGV my pid=9159 execution table size=16: > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1167 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1196 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1161 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1167 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1196 > > filempeg.C: open_file: 164 > > vrender.C: run: 414 > > vrender.C: process_buffer: 103 > > vrender.C: process_buffer: 113 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1161 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1167 > > filempeg.C: read_frame: 1196 > > vrender.C: run: 416 > > vrender.C: run: 427 > > vrender.C: run: 439 > > vrender.C: run: 443 > > signal_entry: lock table size=17 > > 0x92872f0 CWindowTool::input_lock CWindowTool::run > > 0x8c38c40 BC_Synchronous::next_command BC_Synchronous::run > > 0x937a730 TransportQue::output_lock PlaybackEngine::run > > 0x937ad80 MainIndexes::input_lock MainIndexes::run 1 > > 0x93e6540 ResourceThread::draw_lock ResourceThread::run > > 0x90ce618 BC_WindowBase::event_condition BC_WindowBase::get_event > > 0x92acd18 BC_WindowBase::event_condition BC_WindowBase::get_event > > 0x92cc388 BC_WindowBase::event_condition BC_WindowBase::get_event > > 0x9417098 BC_WindowBase::event_condition BC_WindowBase::get_event > > 0x937cb68 BC_WindowBase::event_condition BC_WindowBase::get_event > > 0x91f1520 BC_WindowBase::event_condition BC_WindowBase::get_event > > 0x94f29f0 OSSThread::input_lock OSSThread::run 1 > > 0x948a158 CICache::total_lock CICache::check_out * > > 0x8c480c0 AudioDevice::play_lock AudioDevice::run 1 > > 0x945b1d0 RenderEngine::start_lock RenderEngine::start_command 2 > > 0x937b768 Cinelerra CTracking::update_tracker 2 * > > 0xb7e07ba0 Device1394Output::buffer_lock Device1394Output::run 1 * > > BC_Signals::dump_buffers: buffer table size=0 > > BC_Signals::delete_temps: deleting 0 temp files > > SigHandler::signal_handler total files=0 > > Aborted > > ===end dump=== > > > > Any thoughts on whether this scheme can be made to work? > > > > Thanks! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list Cinelerra@skolelinux.no https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra