I've just used videograbber with the Sony TRV-17 and TRV-11 as well as the
Hi8 Video/Firewire Deck GV-D200. Also an ancient Firewire iSight camera.
I prefer it to many other methods, mainly because the settings will allow me
to set the de-interlace to progressive.
The videograbber setting panel o
I have a rev based application that uses revvideograbber to
capture video and it works well with DV (firewire) cameras
(I have tested it with Sony, Cannon, JVC and
panasonic DV camcorders.) and the built in mac iSight camera.
(the only difficulty I have encountered is when you have a Cannon
DV
