Re: Connecting a video camera
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500, Michael Peek wrote:
> Hi debian gurus,
>
> I'm trying to figure out if I can download the video from a video camera
> onto my linux box. It's a Sony DCR-H52, tape-based, and firewire only.
>
> When I plug it in, I see the following in the log files:
>
> kernel: [89405.861315]: ieee1394: Node added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]
> GUID[0800460103dcd08d]
> kernel: [89405.861846]: ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023
> kernel: [89406.985364]: ieee1394: raw1394: /dev/raw1394 device initialized
>
> But neither kino nor dvgrab seem to recognize that a camera is connected.
>
Have you tried running these apps as root? If that works, it would
indicate a permissions problem. Perhaps your user is not in the
appropriate group. (Check the owner/group/permissions of /dev/raw1394)
-rob
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