[CVALE] Capturing Video On Linux

[jamie.davis@comcast.net]

Landon,

Here is a link that has pics of both USB and Firewire cables. To my knowledge Firewire goes to Firewire and USB goes to USB. 

http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/connecters.html
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From: "Landon Blake" <lblake at ksninc.com> 

> Ramona, 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. I need to dig out the manual for my camcoder 
> and take a look at the connection. Perhaps it's Firewire coming out of 
> the camera, but USB going into the computer? 
> 
> Thanks again. 
> 
> Landon 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com 
> [mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] On Behalf Of 
> ramona at spectsoft.com 
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:30 PM 
> To: cvale at cvale.org 
> Subject: Re: [CVALE] Capturing Video On Linux 
> 
> Landon, 
> 
> Not to say your wrong but are you sure your not capturing thru 1394 
> (Firewire). The cables look similar, most newer computers and laptops 
> have this standard an MS offers several programs for this. 
> 
> Now if you are mistaken, do a search for 1394 and Linux and you will 
> find options. Still none as good or rather complete as say Premiere but 
> will get the job done. 
> 
> Also if you are looking for a USB solution you may find it more 
> beneficial to go the firewire route. It's widley supported and offers 
> several solutions both low and mid level. High level uncompressed SD 
> or HD will come on SDI only and at a steep price (this is our area, 
> although for years I worked in production at the mid level or prosumer 
> level) 
> 
> Cheers, 
> Ramona 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> 
> From: "Landon Blake" 
> Subj: [CVALE] Capturing Video On Linux 
> Date: Thu Jan 4, 2007 1:07 pm 
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> To: 
> 
> Pete, 
> 
> This was my message. I still haven't found a way to capture video from 
> my camera through a USB connection. 
> 
> Landon 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Pete Zaitcev [mailto:zaitcev at redhat.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:50 AM 
> To: cvale at cvale.org 
> Cc: Landon Blake 
> Subject: Re: [CVALE] Capturing Video On Linux 
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:53:45 -0800, "Landon Blake" 
> wrote: 
> 
> Found this in my junk HTML folder: 
> 
> > However, I don't see a way to capture Video from my 
> > digital camcorder using a USB connection, which is what I do on MS 
> > Windows. I did some searching on the internet while I was at lunch 
> > today, but I didn't find a solution that jumped out at me. 
> 
> Any follow-up on this? 
> 
> -- Pete 
> 
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