[RndTbl] Video in

Kevin McGregor kmcgregor at shaw.ca
Fri Aug 24 18:41:14 CDT 2007


Linux, no -- Unix, yes! Er, well, MacOSX, actually, so I guess that doesn't count. ;-)

----- Original Message -----
From: John Lange <john.lange at open-it.ca>
Date: Friday, August 24, 2007 14:31
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Video in
To: roundtable at muug.mb.ca

> 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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