Hello all, This is a bit off topic, but this may be an issue other cinelerra users are dealing with.
I've never owned a video camera, but thought now may be a good time to net a standard def camera before hidef takes over entirely. Seems miniDV is already on its way out, the only ones I've seen in stores seem to be very low-end. Other options appear to be flash and HDD cameras. So that brings me to my question: Is it worth getting a miniDV camera at this point? I have a few miniDV tapes of video documentation around, but I could always convert those. I'm familar and comfortable DV for real-time (pd/gem) and production of video documentation. Here are a few pointed questions: Anyone using flash or HDD cams on linux? (are they just normal mass-storage devices?) Do the flash and HDD cameras give you options for anything but mpeg2? (DV, mjpeg, sequence of frames?) A camera that stores video so compressed off the bat does not sound like a great option, especially for any real-time use. Any recommendations of cameras that are known to work on linux, are flexible in terms of format, and are around $500 US? Are the HDDs in these cameras normal laptop size? As in can they be hacked/swapped once the warranty runs out? Is it worth getting one of these hidef cameras? Is the hidef codec working in cinelerra and patent unfriendly? Thanks all for your time and consideration. I'm looking forward to the future of lumierra! B. Bogart _______________________________________________ Cinelerra mailing list [email protected] https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/cinelerra
