Howdy, I'm going to get myself an HD video camera, that works well with open source software on Gentoo. Problem is (head scratching), I recall when I went through this some years ago I had lots of problems making a decision that worked with linux. I ended up with a Sony DCR-SR42. It works and the disk is mounted via the usb port. I can cd into the /dev/disk/<sony> mount point and used scp to remotely copy the mpg files and jpg photos to any system on the network. That to me is minimal functionality.
Surely somebody has a HD video camera that works extra cool with Gentoo and gives a variety of video output formats, like h.264; or the video output can be easily converted to h.264 and other formats? Surely, there is an easy method (software app) to just burn a dvd from the contents of the video camera directly with (gentoo) linux; just like I can do, from the old sony(XP) software that came with the camera? Any recommendations are most welcome. I mostly record fast moving sports, like basketball, football and water skiing, so the 'debouncing technologies' or motion compensation if you like, are also of keen interest to me. James
