[olug] Software/Settup for connecting Camcorder?

[Jay Swackhamer]

You can use 'dvgrab' to pull the video off of the camcorder, and then
'cinelerra' to edit the video. You should be able to plug in the firewire
connection, do a 'dmesg' and see that it's connected and then run 'dvgrab'
either with options to pull video or interactively.

dvgrab is a command line utility that you can give a couple of options,
and have it pull and separate the video into files of a certain size, or
just at the breaks where you stopped recording and started again.

cinelerra is a nice drag/drop gui-driven editor where you can add
transitions/cut/paste/etc.......

> I want to start converting some home movied to DVD, but I have no idea
> where to start.  My miniDV camcorder has a firewire connection, and on
> windows, I used Pinnacle's software that connected and controlled the
> camcorder.  All the documentation says SUSE 9.2 has Firewire support
> installed.  I've searched online for howto's only find archaic
> references that don't help that much -- at least for my knowledge level.
>
>
> So, If someone has knowledge in this area, I could certainly use a clue.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
>
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