You might even be able to skip the Mini-DV tape step. If you have an NTSC camcorder, once you configure it to input S-Video, you should just be able to stream it over the 1394 port, as if you were playing back from tape.
If memory serves, you would leave the camera in the same mode you would if you were going to hit the record button - you just never hit the record button. The video should then also be present on the 1394 stream for Kino or dvgrab to play with. When I was originally trying to figure out how to do this, there were some web-references to the effect that all NTSC camcorders support this, but for whatever reason the PAL camcorders are hit and miss with their support - something to do with the expense of putting in an A/D converter. Dave On Saturday 22 December 2007 10:05, Kurt Georg Hooss wrote: > if you have a dv camcorder with analog input, > then you can record your material onto a mini dv tape > and from there go the usual way through dvgrab. > > georg > > Am Saturday, 22. December 2007 13:50:40 schrieb Terje J. Hanssen: > > I'm searching for a S-Video decoder to MPEG2-4 encoder that meets the > > following requirements: > > - standalone or frame grabber card with driver for Linux > > - suiteable MPEG format for Cinelerra editing > > - high S-video to MPEG quality (color separation and resolution) > > > > Suggestions? > > > > I'm looking for a "prosumer cost level". From before I already a have > > analog S-video processor/color corrector and a TBC. Therefore I don't > > need these things built-in once more in a new unit. Instead I wish to > > spend the money on the best ADC with regards to color separation, > > resolution and bandwidth. > > > > To use a standalone hardware box my guess is that a Firewire and 25Mbps > > bitrate transfer to PC harddisk with dvgrab must be used. As I also are > > faced to eidit with newer HDV footages, my PC hardware (laptop, > > workstation) requirements will be scaled for that purpose. > > > > Some cards and boxes looks to also have support for HDTV IN or > > H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video encoding. Therefore I wonder if there are any > > limitation with regards to MPEG formats that can be used with dvgrab or > > Cinelerra? > > > > > > Rgds, > > Terje J. Hanssen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cinelerra mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
