On Tue, 28 May 2002 11:24:54 +0000 Bob Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Net Llama! wrote: > > > I don't know that what he wants exists. He basically wants a fully > > featured video camera, that has a IEEE1394 interface? > > > > I know that Axis Communications makes a cat5 camera with a built in > > webserver, but that's about as close as it gets. > > > > If he's truly looking to do fancy video recording, he should purchase > > a quality camera, and a video capture/TV card. > > What he had before was a JVC MiniDV machine with an IEEE1394 interface. > When he was still using Windows, he could use the software provided > with the camera to copy from the camera to the computer, and then he > could e-mail clips out. Is there a USB or PC-Card video capture card > that works in Linux? I don't think he'll have much luck connecting a > PCI card like that to his old 486 with Win 3.11, so this has to be on > the laptop. First get gscanbus to report proper hardware identification. Then, the simplest app is 'dvgrab'. There is a step-by-step (not the one known in these parts) in the sourceforge site I listed earlier.(http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/start_req.html) It guides you through setting it up and locating software to get you started. If you have a recent kernel (2.4 series), the patches they talk about are probably not needed. -- +============================+===============================+ | Roger Oberholtzer | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | OPQ Systems AB | WWW: http://www.opq.se/ | | Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 | Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 | | 115 32 Stockholm | Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 | | Sweden | Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 | +============================+===============================+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
