I am being given a digital camcorder.
It uses Mini DV tapes and either connects via typical RCA cables (IE to a tv) or via FireWire. I don't have the brand on hand, but I was told it can be ripped to DV like any standard FireWire camcorder (I believe dvgrab will be sufficient).
I just installed an older FireWire card I have that I used at one point in Fedora for my iPod. It was a PITA back then because sometimes an update to Fedora would break the kernel module, so I ended up just using USB. That was some time ago.
I scrapped that computer but kept the cards, and have now installed the card in my current computer in hopes that I will be able to go from the camera to HD in preparation for editing / transcoding (to theora) for the web.
lspci reports the following info:
01:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link)
What is the current state of FireWire in CentOS ?
Will there be a need to build a custom kernel I boot into when I want to attach the camera and rip digital video from it?
If it matters, I'm 64-bit.
I assume I can always plug the camera into my DVD recorder attached to my TV and slip then rip the content from the DVD-R in CentOS but I suspect I'll get better quality going straight from camera to hard disk as I believe the above method is digital to analog to digital, and I believe using dvgrab also results in higher resolution to start with.
On the subject of hard disk, I'm probably going to buy another disk for ripping the content. I can go SATA II internal but I'm a little worried about heat since my home is not air conditioned, would an external FireWire drive be a good option or am I better really better off going internal SATA II?
The card (and camera) are original FireWire 400, not the faster FireWire 800 that's been out for awhile now.
Thanks for any suggestions.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Michael A. Petersmpeters@mac.com wrote:
I am being given a digital camcorder.
It uses Mini DV tapes and either connects via typical RCA cables (IE to a tv) or via FireWire. I don't have the brand on hand, but I was told it can be ripped to DV like any standard FireWire camcorder (I believe dvgrab will be sufficient).
I just installed an older FireWire card I have that I used at one point in Fedora for my iPod. It was a PITA back then because sometimes an update to Fedora would break the kernel module, so I ended up just using USB. That was some time ago.
I scrapped that computer but kept the cards, and have now installed the card in my current computer in hopes that I will be able to go from the camera to HD in preparation for editing / transcoding (to theora) for the web.
lspci reports the following info:
01:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link)
What is the current state of FireWire in CentOS ?
You can collect some info about the firewire support in Fedora:
http://www.kinodv.org/article/view/162/1/13/
If the current firewire kernel driver in CentOS does not work for you, take a look at:
http://blog.toracat.org/2008/12/getting-kino-to-work-on-centos-5/
that I wrote some time ago when I tried to get my camcorder to work.
Hope this helps,
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
If the current firewire kernel driver in CentOS does not work for you, take a look at:
http://blog.toracat.org/2008/12/getting-kino-to-work-on-centos-5/
that I wrote some time ago when I tried to get my camcorder to work.
Hope this helps,
Thanks!
Michael A. Peters wrote:
Akemi Yagi wrote:
If the current firewire kernel driver in CentOS does not work for you, take a look at:
http://blog.toracat.org/2008/12/getting-kino-to-work-on-centos-5/
that I wrote some time ago when I tried to get my camcorder to work.
Hope this helps,
Thanks!
With respect to permissions on the device - I did the same thing I did for serial port -
/etc/security/console.perms.d/51-custom.perms :
-=-=-=-=-=- # device classes -- these are shell-style globs <garmin>=/dev/ttyS0 <firewire>=/dev/fw0
# permission definitions <console> 0600 <garmin> 0660 root.uucp <console> 0600 <firewire> 0600 root.root -=-=-=-=-=-
The perms are correct after logging in, once I have the camera I guess I'll see if it works.
As far as the hard drive I'll use, I think I will go SATA-II just to avoid any issues.
On the subject of hard disk, I'm probably going to buy another disk for ripping the content. I can go SATA II internal but I'm a little worried about heat since my home is not air conditioned, would an external FireWire drive be a good option or am I better really better off going internal SATA II?
I'd stick with the SATA II.
Heat wise, either option will have the same issues. My first place had no air conditioning, in a town that averaged 35C in the summer, and I never has issues with drives. I know that drives don't like the higher temps but if you're in a 35C climate like I was, it didn't matter if the drive was external or internal as long as they have a fan blowing air across them.
Speed wise the internal SATA will be your best bet. Theoretical performances aside (400Mbps vs 3Gbps), the SATA will outperform the FireWire. FireWire & USB2 are great for archiving but for any sort of transfering, transcoding, etc you should stick with SATA.
Drew wrote:
On the subject of hard disk, I'm probably going to buy another disk for ripping the content. I can go SATA II internal but I'm a little worried about heat since my home is not air conditioned, would an external FireWire drive be a good option or am I better really better off going internal SATA II?
I'd stick with the SATA II.
Heat wise, either option will have the same issues. My first place had no air conditioning, in a town that averaged 35C in the summer, and I never has issues with drives. I know that drives don't like the higher temps but if you're in a 35C climate like I was, it didn't matter if the drive was external or internal as long as they have a fan blowing air across them.
Speed wise the internal SATA will be your best bet. Theoretical performances aside (400Mbps vs 3Gbps), the SATA will outperform the FireWire. FireWire & USB2 are great for archiving but for any sort of transfering, transcoding, etc you should stick with SATA.
The other thing you get with SATA is 'smart' monitoring. The firewire (or USB) interface doesn't support it even when the drives do.
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