[RndTbl] Video in

[John Lange]

Kevin, have you ever been able to capture video via firewire under
Linux?

I only gave it a quick try but was not able to do it. While there is
fireware support for Linux, my understanding is each video camera has
proprietary DV/Firewire drivers which of course don't exist for Linux.

Is that correct?

John

On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 13:17 -0500, Kevin McGregor wrote:
> You should suggest to him that he should get a DV (digital video) type
> of video camera for future recording. Then he could bring in the
> content (via FireWire, usually) directly for editing. For the other
> cases, the Hauppage cards (e.g. PVR-150) have a good selection of
> inputs and software support.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Pfaiffer <high.res.mike at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, August 23, 2007 23:03
> Subject: [RndTbl] Video in
> To: roundtable at muug.mb.ca
> 
> > This is for a friend who isn't on the list yet. He's been to a 
> > couple 
> > of meetings and is thinking of joining the club in September.
> > 
> > This guy tapes wedding videos as a hobby. He has family in the 
> > Ukraine 
> > (as do the people whose weddings he records). He wants to 
> > convert some 
> > of the video tapes to a computer format so he can edit them 
> > (throw in 
> > titles and fancy transitions etc.). Maybe later convert them to 
> > DVD. He 
> > would like some recommendations about hardware and software. In 
> > addition 
> > to video in, he is thinking about setting up his machine as a 
> > part time 
> > PVR. Again, hardware and software recommendations are what he wants.
> > 
> > He has another request. He wants to know what software he can 
> > use to 
> > convert audio from a cassette tape to MP3 format. His father 
> > accumulated 
> > quite a collection of Ukrainian music when he was alive. So now 
> > he wants 
> > to convert his fathers collection over so he can listen to it on 
> > his 
> > computer and portable system.
> > 
> > He already has some hardware. He's running a dual core 64 bit 
> > system 
> > with loads of RAM and hard drive space. He is dualbooting with 
> > Ubuntu 
> > (FF) and XP.
> > 
> >                          Later
> >                          Mike
> > 
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