Re: sony digital handycam (DCR-TRV60E) in linux

[Benedict Verheyen <linux4bene@pandora.be>]

Op za 30-08-2003, om 20:54 schreef Neal Lippman:
> I also have a Sony digicam, which is connected to my system via a
> firewire card.
> 
> To use it, via firewire, I modprobe'd video1394, ohci1394, raw1394 and
> ieee1394. All were with standard woody install (later dist-upgraded to
> testing) and no kernel recompile was needed.
> 
> I have used both dvgrab and kino to grab video from the camera. They
> work "ok" but not great; in fact, I noticed an increase in
> frame-droppage for unclear reasons when I went from stable to testing,
> but I'm not sure why.
> 
> I'm not sure how you would do the same via a usb connection if that is
> what you are using as I've never looked into that.

Thanks Neal.
I checked and i don't have those modules so i'll first have to recompile
to get the new modules. I will then try and see if it works.