On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:05:42 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:

> I wondered if anyone here has used gentoo for mini-dv capture and if
> so what do I need to do regarding the kernel?

It's been a few years (my current camcorder has a hard disk and uses USB
for transfer) but I don't think I built anything special into the kernel
beyond the 1394 stuff.

> I see apps called dvgrab and kino show up in many of the hits too.
> 
> Is it just a matter of building specific modules or turning on certain
> parameters in the kernel?

I think the only one that caught me out was missing raw1384.

> Are the tools dvgrab or kino self contained enough that I could do the
> the capture with one or the other alone?

Yes. Kino is a grabber and editor, dvgrab is the grabbing code from Kino
released as a separate commandline program. If you only want to grab,
dvgrab is enough.


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