Re: is firewire broken in Debain?
Stefano Rivera wrote:
> Hi H.S. (2010.05.29_03:37:19_+0200)
>> In today's Debian Testing, is there anyone here who has successfully
>> grabbed dv video from a MiniDV camcorder at all using the newer
>> firewire stack?
>
> Yes. I have had some trouble with it (dvgrab refusing to find the
> camera), but I blamed that on the camera. Unplugging and re-plugging in
> the firewire cable tended to do the trick.
Well, that doesn't sound very encouraging.
> There was a point when I couldn't get dvgrab to work, but it worked
> every time when I ran it under strace, so there could be timing issues.
No luck here with this either.
> Unfortunately, I can only give these anecdotes and can't really help
> you, the DV camera was stolen last week and I don't think I'll get
> another one.
Sorry about that. What a shame.
This 'problem' has been around for at least 1.5 years, as far as I can
remember. I couldn't even find a list of hardware that the newer stack
explicitly does not work on.
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