I still haven't found a working solution, but there seems to be an
alternative.

sudo aptitude install v4l2loopback-source module-assistant
sudo module-assistant auto-install v4l2loopback-source
sudo modprobe -r ohci1394
sudo modprobe firewire-ohci
sudo modprobe v4l2loopback
sudo gst-launch videotestsrc ! v4l2sink device=/dev/video0

That creates a virtual v4l2 video device that can be watched using
sudo xawtv -c /dev/video0

Theoretically, we could do the same with a camcorder using 
sudo gst-launch dv1394src ! dvdemux ! dvdec !  v4l2sink device=/dev/video0

But that is missing something...

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