Re: Video Camera
Keith,
Look at: http://kino.schirmacher.de/
It's a pretty stable Linux DV editor with impressive set of features:
http://kino.schirmacher.de/article/static/2
If you want to look whether your future camera will be compatible with Linux
go to this link: http://www.linux1394.org/hcl.php?class_id=3
Roman
On Friday 25 June 2004 02:44 pm, Keith O'Connell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am thinking of buying my daughter a video camera, and I am
> looking for a little advice. Is there within Debian like tools
> for getting MPEG files off a camera, onto a linuc box and
> software to view them, or better still edit trhem?
>
> The camera (a cheap one from Amaxon) appears to use MPEG-4,
> and I am sure I heard that this was to be a closed format with
> royalties charged for it's use. Is this then not a good way to
> go?
>
> I've just read what I've typed and it is quite obvious that I
> don't even know the right questions to ask!
>
> No doubt others have trod this path. Is there an appropriate
> site I should go to and read? I have googled but only seem to
> get references to MPEG-[1-3], or sites offering to sell
> cameras?
>
> Keith.
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> Keith O'Connell.
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