On 2007-03-05 23:50, Fred Williams wrote: > Hello People, > I am running cinelerra on Ubuntu Linux with a Core 2 Duo processor and > 2 Gigabytes of memory. I have it installed and was able to play with > some video files (.avi) from my "still" camera the other day. Now I > need to load some Mini DV tapes for editing so today I bought a JVC > GR-D750U camera and a Firewire PCI card. > Unfortunately when I try to record from the camera there seems to be > no connection although all the wires are connected. When I choose > File-->Record, I get the Cinelerra Recording box, but then when I click > on the red button the window freezes and nothing gets recorded. The > camera is playing the tape, but nothing comes through and I can't stop > the recording in Cinelerra...It won't close the window while it is > recording and it's not recording anything. > So far the only way I can close cinelerra is to log out, or shut down > the system. The camera manual says that it won't download the date and > time info to the computer anyway. Should I take the camera back?
I'm of the impression that dv grabbing in cinelerra is broken currently for newer architectures (new kernels with iec61883 input setups.) I started to look in to it, but no promises on when it will get fixed. I had a similar experience to yours with SUSE 10.2 and a miniDV cam. I can capture with dvgrab with the same machine and camera, so I know this is a cinelerra limitation. Before taking your camera back, try using dvgrab (commmand line capture utility) or kino to verify your firewire hardware and camera setup. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
