On Sun, 2007-15-04 at 14:50 +0200, Herman Robak wrote:
> There are three ways:
>
> 1) mpg1394grab, which is distributed as a single file of C source code.
No idea how to install this, unfortunately
> 2) test-mpeg2, which is found in the _source_ package for libiec61883
> (available in Ubuntu's repositories)
Synaptic says the libiec61883 library is installed, but I presume this
is terminal stuff. When I type "test-mpeg2 -h" in, it's an
unrecognizable command.
> 3) A patched version of dvgrab. This is apparently the most robust
> alternative, as it does proper buffering.
>
I found the patch online, but have no idea how to install it.
> I only know 1 and 2. I still use mpg1394grab, as it was the only tool
> that I knew of when I purchased my HDV camera two years ago.
> As far as I can tell, a program to grab HDV is not provided in any of
> the binary packages for the common Linux distributions. You have to
> patch and compile, or at least use some third party package.
>
Yeah, I may leave that for another day. I want my first release to be
regular DV anyway, and when the software catches up, I'll be ready to do
more.
--
Warmest Regards,
Fred Williams
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