On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:29:02 -0700 Michael Rasmussen <[email protected]> dijo:
>On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 04:24:47PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: >> I'm considering buying a digital video camera. I've no idea what >> software supports transfer from the camera to the linux host. Are >> there any brands/models known to not be supported by linux? Is there >> a Web site similar to sane-project.org or linux-printers.org >> specific to video cameras? > >Get one with SD card storage and just move the card back and forth. >Simple. But watch out for the speed of the SD card. I have a class 2 card that works great for playing mp3s in my phone. But I have read notes from still camera users who found that they needed class 10 cards in order to be able to shoot continuously - the camera couldn't write the previous image to the card fast enough. I don't have any idea how fast the card needs to be for digital video, but don't just buy the cheapest SD card without checking first. The price of SD cards goes up according to capacity and speed class. I'd also suggest checking the SD card slot in the computer. I have a card reader in my Thnkpad, and it reads SD cards fine, but when I try to write to the card I get "the media is read-only." That is with two different SD cards from different manufacturers. My phone writes to the card fine, however, so the problem is in the SD card reader in the Thinkpad and/or the driver in Fedora 14. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
