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... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/779680 Title: Firewire broken -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
