On Friday, April 29, 2011 07:48:37 AM gene heskett did opine: > Greetings; > > Your recent freshmeat announcement of 8.0 triggered my curiosity again, > so I plugged in my camera, which did not seem to be properly discovered > by the kernel, a 2.6.38.4-pae kernel built by my distro, pclos. From > the msgs log: > > Apr 27 13:44:46 coyote klogd: firewire_core: skipped bus generations, > destroying all nodes > Apr 27 13:44:46 coyote klogd: firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0 > Apr 27 13:44:46 coyote klogd: firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new > root=ffc1, gap_count=5 > Apr 27 13:44:46 coyote klogd: firewire_core: skipped bus generations, > destroying all nodes > Apr 27 13:44:47 coyote klogd: firewire_core: rediscovered device fw0 > Apr 27 13:44:47 coyote klogd: firewire_core: created device fw1: GUID > 08004601044684e4, S100 > Apr 27 13:44:49 coyote klogd: firewire_core: giving up on config rom for > node id ffc0 > > Which is repeated every time the cable is plugged into the camera. It > may switch to /dev/fw1 at times too. > > kdenlive (mine is version 7.8) supposedly gained camera controls back in > 2006 according to the ChangeLog on your web pages, but despite have them > turned on, the buttons don't work, and despite trying both of the non- > screenshot choices available in the menu's, no video from the camera can > be found. > > Shut kdenlive down and fire up kino-1.3.4, and it all Just Works(TM). > Flawlessly... > > Then I go back and run kdenlive, and go see if it can load and edit any > of the several weddings and other movies I have made with kino over the > years, and in only one case can it even see the filenames, but it > cannot open them, and ANAICT doesn't even make the attempt. > > The end result is that I have yet to see kdenlive actually play a video > of any kind. The pclos installed version is 7.8, and the running > kernel is 2.6.38.4-pae. 32 bit. > > Now, its been 3 or 4 years since I made the last dvd's of a wedding, so > I need the recipe for importing the best, cleanest image from a 720x480 > NTSC camera, and then from my edit final, make that into a dvd the > parents and kids can both play. They've been waiting patiently since > last November 2010, I assume because I downloaded a copy to their vhs > machine before I came home. But I know I can make a dvd that is many > times sharper and cleaner than that vhs can do even in the test > laboratory. > > Was that ever committed to a kino "do this, in this order" recipe that > makes us all look like we know what we are doing? URL please if it > exists. > > Thanks for any help here.
Ping? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) <http://tinyurl.com/ddg5bz> <http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html> I never pray before meals -- my mom's a good cook. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Kdenlive-devel mailing list Kdenlive-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdenlive-devel