Hi - Just answering my own post if anyone's interested. I figured it out by creating the following script to create the relevant nodes to capture and write DV video from my camcorder:
-- rm /dev/video1394/0 rmdir /dev/video1394 rm /dev/raw1394 mkdir /dev/video1394 mknod -m 666 /dev/video1394/0 c 171 16 mknod -m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0 rm /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0/PAL/out rmdir /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0/PAL rmdir /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0 rmdir /dev/ieee1394/dv rmdir /dev/ieee1394 mkdir /dev/ieee1394 mkdir /dev/ieee1394/dv mkdir /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0 mkdir /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0/PAL mknod -m 666 /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0/PAL/out c 171 35 -- -----Original Message----- From: Richard Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 7 May 2006 2:18 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] How do I create /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0/PAL/out so I can write back to tape with Kino Hi – Can anyone tell me how to create /dev/ieee1394/dv/host0/PAL/out so I can write back to DV tape on my video camera with Kino? I assume it’s some form of mknod command but I don’t really understand the syntax. It's not currently listed in my /dev. -- Thanks, Richard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/05/2006 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/333 - Release Date: 5/05/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/340 - Release Date: 15/05/2006 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list