Re: What kind of digital video camera
On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:44:19AM +0800, Augustin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am about to purchase my very first digital video camera. I have never bought
> this kind of hardware before, and as a KDE user, I'd like to enquire what the
> linux community would recommend. I want a low-to-mid range camera (up to $500,
> more only if specific features are worth the price difference).
>
> What specs should I pay attention to?
> Storage?
> Generally speaking, how is the linux support for digital video camera?
> What about kdenlive support?
>
If you get one with an SD card or other removable media, then you don't
need to worry about whether the manufacturer plays stupid games with the
camera-to-computer interface. Just pull the SD card and put it into a
$10 card reader.
Several years back I bought a low-end Sanyo Xacti for $150. My dad
bought a higher-end one for around $600. I am not really happy with the
low-light performance of mine, and the colors seem dull. My dad's (with
a larger lens) seems ok.
Those cameras produce mp4 files that ffmpeg tells me are h264 video and
aac audio. I can edit them with avidemux on Squeeze. Kdenlive seemed
hit-or-miss. If I remember correctly, it choked on the larger files but
did ok with the smaller ones. I experimented with Cinelerra a bit, but
I think I needed to convert the files to mjpeg or something similar
(very large files).
I haven't had any need to do a large-scale video project. I mainly am
concerned with creating small clips to share with friends/family. I cut
out the junk, resize, and convert to a less resource-intensive format
such as xvid, theora, or mpeg2. For these purposes, avidemux works
fine.
-Rob
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