Re: What kind of digital video camera

2012-04-27 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:44:19AM +0800, Augustin wrote: > Hello, > > I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never > bought > this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the > linux community would recommend. I

Re: What kind of digital video camera

2012-04-27 Thread Augustin
Allan and Keith, Thank you very much to both for your comments. (of course, I welcome complementary comments from others...) I will take what you write into consideration; I will research more some of the aspects you mention. And I'll come back here if I have more specific questions. Thanks f

Re: What kind of digital video camera

2012-04-26 Thread Allan Wind
On 2012-04-27 02:44:19, Augustin wrote: > I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never > bought > this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the > linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to

Re: What kind of digital video camera

2012-04-26 Thread keith
Augustin wrote: Hello, I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never bought this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to $500, more only if specific feature

What kind of digital video camera

2012-04-26 Thread Augustin
Hello, I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never bought this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to $500, more only if specific features are wort

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-14 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4afd57ba.7080...@googlemail.com>, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >>> What does 'watch' deliver that 'tail -f' does not? 'tail -f' is even >>> realtime, something that watch is not. >> Nothing I guess, thanks for pointing this bashism. T

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Chris Davies
tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" Urg. Consider one of these instead: tail -f /var/log/kern.log less +F /var/log/kern.log # Ctrl/C to pause; F to resume Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4afd57ba.7080...@googlemail.com>, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: >> What does 'watch' deliver that 'tail -f' does not? 'tail -f' is even >> realtime, something that watch is not. > >Nothing I guess, thanks for pointing this bashism. Time for a "man tail" >(that's intere

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Alan Greenberger
On 2009-11-12, Michael Peek wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera > onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. > > When I plug it in, I see the following in the log file

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > tv.deb...@googlemail.com schreef: >> Alex Samad wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com >>> wrote: Alex Samad wrote: >>> [snip] watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" >>> OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail >>> >

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
tv.deb...@googlemail.com schreef: Alex Samad wrote: On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: Alex Samad wrote: [snip] watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail [snip] Yes, I use it regularly, but it require

Re: OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alex Samad wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Alex Samad wrote: > [snip] >> watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" > > OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail > > > [snip] > Yes, I use it regularly, but it requires separate install

OT - multitail - Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: [snip] > > watch "tail /var/log/kern.log" OT but have you looked at multitail instead of watch tail > > in a console while plugging the camera to see which driver is loaded > automatically. > [snip]

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread Sjoerd Hardeman
e kernal that allowed you access to your video camera, at some point 2.6.26 I think this module was removed - declared a security problem - afaik there hasn't been an alternative method introduced No, that issue was corrected a long time ago. For me, with a current squeeze, it just works. As s

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-13 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
Alex Samad wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: >> Hi debian gurus, >> >> I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video >> camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and >> firewi

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Tim Clewlow
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: >> Hi debian gurus, >> >> I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video >> camera >> onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire >> only. &g

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera > onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. > > When I plug it in, I see th

Re: Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote: > Hi debian gurus, > > I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video > camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and > firewire only. > > When I plug it in, I see

Connecting a video camera

2009-11-12 Thread Michael Peek
Hi debian gurus, I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only. When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files: kernel: [89405.861315]: ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-27 Thread H. S.
Apparently, _Keith O'Connell_, on 06/25/04 14:44,typed: Hi, I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and software to view

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Peter Hicks
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 07:44:58PM +0100, Keith O'Connell wrote: >Hi, > >I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am >looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools >for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box a

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Ben Russo
Keith O'Connell wrote: Hi, I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and software to view them, or better still edit trhem?

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Roman
ss_id=3 Roman On Friday 25 June 2004 02:44 pm, Keith O'Connell wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am > looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools > for getting MPEG files off a cam

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Kent West
Gabriel Ebner wrote: On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 02:39:33PM -0500, Kent West wrote: I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am cameras they support. Try googling for "linux hardware compatibility digital camera". He wants to buy a digital _video_ camera

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Gabriel Ebner
On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 02:39:33PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am > cameras they support. Try googling for "linux hardware compatibility > digital camera". He wants to buy a digital _video_ camera.

Re: Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Kent West
Keith O'Connell wrote: Hi, I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools for getting MPEG files off a camera, gphoto, gphoto2, maybe mount the device directly, maybe other tools Depends on the c

Video Camera

2004-06-25 Thread Keith O'Connell
Hi, I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and software to view them, or better still edit trhem? The camera (a cheap

Re: Video camera ( not digital ) to VCD

2001-05-24 Thread Jonathan Lupa
Check out mjpeg.sourceforge.net. I've done this in the past using a IOmega BUZ card that I picked up on ebay for 30$. I don't necessarily recommend the card because of the large amount of problems I've had with it, but I have a buddy who is doing all his capture/encode/burn on linux using a Pinna

Video camera ( not digital ) to VCD

2001-05-21 Thread robin . c . smith
I need to be able to backup my large collection of home movies to VCD so that I can play them on my DVD player. Has anyone setup a video capture card and scripted it to write to CD? I would like to know how good quality thye results were etc. Regards Robin