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> These camcorders use FireWire to communicate with the computer, so you will need a suitable cable. dvgrab will work with USB via the -V flag: -V, -v4l2
by smcnally 5y ago
> These camcorders use FireWire to communicate with the computer, so you will need a suitable cable.
dvgrab will work with USB via the -V flag:
-V, -v4l2 capture DV from V4L2 USB device (linux-uvc)
USB was mostly fine for interactive capture. Firewire has been smooth for unattended transfer of whole tapes.
Obtw - My Firewire port and Sony MiniDV didn't work with dvgrab until I explicitly commented out
blacklist raw1394
in
/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf