On Wed, 2004-08-11 at 20:18, Linux Lingam wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:24:51 -0700 (PDT), MALKIAT BENIPAL > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I have recorded a celebration movie in my sony handycam. Now from my Sony > > handycam, I wish to record this movie on my hard disk. Can someone guide me how I > > can do this in Linux. I shall be very much thankful to you. I am using Mandrake > > 9.0. > > > > you need a firewire card in your pc. on the sony the port of firewire > is called iLink. someone else calls it 1394. all the same. > > the linux stuff: > http://www.linux1394.org/ > Not really, a firewire will do good, but RCA out will also do. In case of RCA output from handycam, you will need video capture card.
Then you could use array of software to capture in linux. >From mplayer suite, mencoder does a very good job. So does cinnellera, avifile etc. Ideal scenario would be to capture and store and then edit For that mencoder does very good job. It can store in lossy or lossless formats depending on the requirements. Following link takes you to the review of video editing softwares available on Linux, the list of tools is not comprehensive, i must add. http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7852 it is a two part series If you have access to Windows box, you could use VirtualDub for Windows. HTH Supreet _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
