Thanks Roger. This gives me some hope. Any that you like more than others
for Linux usage? I don't have firewire yet, but plan to in the next desktop
incantation.
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:50:32 +0100
Roger Oberholtzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes. I do tons of this with digital cameras (single images). It works ok.
> I have some issues with dma buffering and isochronous mode. It works as
> long as you play nice with the buffers... At 1280x960 we get 7.5 frames
> per second (400 Mbit, which is the common speed) and pick the ones that
> correspond to some distance criteria. Note that Apple's new laptop has an
> 800 Mbit firewire, and I have heard rumors of a 1600 mBit version in the
> works. So, just when USB 2.0 caught up in speed, firewire jumped ahead.
>
> As to digital video ('continuous' images), this should work as well. The
> simplest application I have seen for it is called 'dvgrab', which is a
> simple command line app to save the video stream. But there are many
> ieee1394 video capture GUIs as well. Choose what suites your taste.
>
> We wrote our own 'dcgrab' to provide a digital camera counterpart.
>
> Be sure to check out: http://www.linux1394.org/
>
> It tells all.
>
> My only horror story is that ieee1394 storage devices do not work if your
> kernel is compiled for SMP, but you only have one processor. It is a known
> problem. You have been warned.
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